bracing pr devastating tornadoes. ch we re going to track those tornadoes, which could be a lot worse. she won t be anyone s political football. sandra fluke sounds off on rush limbaugh s tirade. two steps forward and one step back. the ongoing tango with our nation s politicians and the civil rights of americans. a big week in review and the battles ahead. chris? are you going to start eating cake for breakfast? if health watch says i can, i will. the frustrating trend continues for the 24th straight day gas prices are up. affecting the bottom line in so many more ways than just the cost of a fillup. $3.74 is the national average. 30 cents higher than a year ago.
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them more. bob: good idea. eric: greg, isn t it what dana points out, that let s open it up here a little bit. with all you have, $3.74 doubling gas prices and 8% unemployment, you might as well do something like contraceptives to change the dialogue a little bit. take america s eye off the real ball and look over here. greg: the thing is, in a way, the republicans are helping him by focusing on the same issues when they should be really, really focusing on the economy. we talk what is the movement for? what does the second term look like? romney has to talk about, he has to envision the nightmare scenario. you know how they improve a serial adding extra raisins or nuts? dana: whole grains. greg: obama s second term is like the first term but with 50% more nuts. bob: you are right about the republicans stepped in the contraceptive thing. where i disagree on this is
rising gas prices. he was at a fundraiser in new york city last night and talking about rahm, as well. urging to step up the pressure to end tax breaks for oil and gas companies. in a speech from new hampshire yesterday, he pushed for new investments in green energy while calling for an end to government subsidies on fossil fuels. the white house plan does nothing to lower the immediate price at the pump. aaa putting the national average at $3.74 a gallon, that is up about 30 cents in the past month. this is one of these issues, joe, that could be a game changer at the last minute. we talk about the bickering between the candidates, but a big issue like this could turn things badly. this is always a huge issue, especially in summers, people get out of schools like this, harold, they pack their family up to go visit relatives. if gas is at $4, $4.50 a gallon, it s a real problem.
i love fighting allies. famously, i enjoy making enemies. at the end of the day i can look at myself in the mirror and i sleep very well at night. he was a dedicated family man. minutes before he collapsed on his walk, breitbart was still on twitter checking his website and doing what he loved. that came after helping put his kids to bed. andrew breitbart is survived by his wife and four children. he was just 43 years old. in los angeles, adam housley, fox news. bret: sad story. unemployment benefit requests dropped another 2000 last week. to 30351,000. that matches to 3451,000, matching the four-year low reached three weeks ago stocks were back in positive territory. dow was up 28. s&p 500 gained 8. nasdaq finished ahead 22. crude oil was up almost $2 to finish just shy of $109 a barrel. gasoline went up another penny a gallon overnight. the national average is $3.74. that is 13 cents higher than a