the price should be a soccer ball price and that s it. all right. larry, what about what s going on in presidential politics? are you keeping an eye of what s going on? you know, i ve been too busy this year to keep an eye on it. i already know who i m going to vote for. anybody but what we got, i ll tell you that much. it s ridiculous! you know, he gave the speech the other day, we re getting better. the economy is getting better. where? huh? $5 for gas? i saw a street gang doing a walk by yesterday. that s ridiculous. somebody said to me the other day the average price of gas, milk is still more than an average price of gas. yeah, but i don t drink 21 gallons of milk. you know? it s ridiculous. the national average is $3.74. it depends on where you live. if you re spending time in california, you might be paying $5. exactly. you know, some dude said they want to make it as they re trying to put people in them cars. electric cars. that run on electric and then
point fingers for the resent pain of the pump. bill kristol, evan by and ed gillespie and political analyst juan williams. president made a preemptive speech this week on gas prices. so basically to say he is doing everything he can and republicans were playing politics on this issue. how effective was it? it might have helped muddy the waters. gas prices are potentially damaging issue. its price that everyone sees at the pump. i think in voters minds it correlates things going bad. when gas prices surged in our adult lifetime, in the 70s. a lot went wrong. so i don t think voters don t like to pay 3.74 at the pump but
point fingers for the resent pain of the pump. bill kristol, evan by and ed gillespie and political analyst juan williams. president made a preemptive speech this week on gas prices. so basically to say he is doing everything he can and republicans were playing politics on this issue. how effective was it? it might have helped muddy the waters. gas prices are potentially damaging issue. its price that everyone sees at the pump. i think in voters minds it correlates things going bad. when gas prices surged in our adult lifetime, in the 70s. a lot went wrong. so i don t think voters don t like to pay 3.74 at the pump but
for the recent pain at the pump. and it is time now for our sunday group. the former democratic senator and ed gillespie, the chairman of the republican state leadership committee and fox news political analyst ron williams. the president made a preemptive speech this week on gas prices, bill, not to announce any new policy, but basically to say that he is doing that he can and too hit republicans for playing policy on this issue. i think it is right to think it is a damaging issue. it is the price that everyone sees every week or twice a week at the pump. and i think in voters minds it correlates with things generally going bad. all kinds of things are in the 70s in 2007 and 2008. a lot went wrong in 2008. i don t think it is just that voters don t like paying $3.74 instead of $3.24.
it makes you think about job security. no one is ready to say it will get better. experts say the tipping point is $5 a gallon. people will drive and support the cost until it reaches that threshold. with the national average $3.57 per gallon of regular, chicago at $3.60. miami $3.74. new york city near $4 a gallon and the west coast crossed the $4 mark. the biggest cities, l.a., new york city, chicago, all may see stations selling over $5 a gallon. they don t like to say it but small businesses need to keep layoffs as an option in the face of crippling transportation costs. we consider all possibilities. as a family-owned company we don t want to ever impact our workforce or anything else but we try to be creative with how to solve the problem. the experts say $5 a gallon is off in the future but the