gas prices have doubled under obama 1.84 september 15th, 2012, 3.87. what happens when the middle east continues to be on fire. 3.87 is putting a good spin on it in lots of our neck of the woods in the northeast, it is more 4.25 when you go to the pump. and so something else troubling and dubious has happened to the united states this week. we have slipped in our global competitiveness. we used to be number one back in 2008 and 2009. and according to the world economic forum we are now number 7 globally. you have got to wonder though is it easier to open a business in, i m looking at the list now finland or germany than it is in the united states? i m not sure it is. i don t know all the criteria that went into establishing this list. i would still rather open a business in this country than in switzerland. can i tell you some of the criteria. it is interesting how they ranked it. our debt.
close to homes in los angeles. the fast-moving flaps consuming some 40 acres of brush near the getty center art museum and the 405 freeway. fire officials say windy and hot conditions are fanning the flames which are not contained. so far, there are no reports of hopes burning. but the getty center has closed as a precaution. americans are putting more money in their gas tanks and spending less on other thing, according to the u.s. labor department. the climbing cost of gasoline accounting for most of an uptick in consumer spending. national average of $3.87 a gallon, threatening to slow the already sluggish economy. back to greta. greta: the romney campaign ramping up its attacks on the obama administration foreign policy. a romney adviser calling it amateur hour. joining us, our political panel. chief political correspondent
the guests throughout the next four hours about all of this. was it the olive branch the root of the problem or naive in hoping against hope that being nice to it our enemies would help? so, we have lots of people coming out to talk about all of that meanwhile, let s talk about what s going on at home here. obviously this is a clip, the economic problems that we re having at home. but there are still lots of signs of problems. in fact, one credit rating agency egan jones has just downgraded us. these three notches below a a.a.a. at the same time you can see the gas prices have now more than doubled while the president has been in office going from 1.8 will 4 on january 20th, 2009, to $3.87 on september 14th. all of which cost the average person more money. will cost more to borrow now with this credit rating downgrade. meanwhile the united states competitive ranking has dropped six spaces when this president came to office in
let s take a look at some of the facts from colorado. the economy there, well, unemployment just even with the national average, 8.3%, the u.s. 8.3%. these are july figures, i should point out. the unemployment rate actually dropped a little bit, but that was large hi because of largely because of people leaving the work force or leaving the active search for work. the number of foreclosures in august in colorado, 1 in 617 units, that s slightly better than the national average of 1 in 681. gas prices in colorado, a little bit better than the national average as well, $3.69, nationwide it s about $3.87. in terms of the history of presidential candidate visits, you can see both are taking this state very seriously with its six electoral votes. seven visits for the president, four visits or for mitt romney. let s talk about it with allison sherry, a washington correspondent for the denver post. allison, a lot of people
decade. nondefense spending would actually go up 35%. looks like there is several more rounds to this debate, harris. that s why they call it washington. good to see you, jim. fed s new stimulus plan fueling a second straight day of gains on wreevment the dow up 54 closing at four year high. now just 4% away from all-time high above 14,000. something we haven t seen before the economy tanked in 2007. the rally coming after yesterday s announcement that it plans to buy up $40 billion in mortgage debt every month until the economy shows substantial improvement. but another big report today finding people are putting more of their money in their gas tanks and spending less of it on other things. and that could put a damper on the economic recovery, according to the report from the labor department today triple a reporting the average $3.87. that s up a nickel for last week. presale for apple s new