and the only historical data on slowing the economy would be and that was and everything went all wait, to ben s point, everything went with it. we don t have to go that far. 2008. a lot of people saying that big spike of oil, that gas spike was enough to derail the economy and we re not talking one thing so big it weighs us down. we re not talking confidence. we re talking regular people who work at wal-mart or shop at wal-mart and digging in their pockets. and the reason we have to have and maybe ben didn t make it up is the data on this, the data is quite clear. what does the data say? it s clear, it s a very small part of most household expenditures and a very small change and it s not a reality. remember the 1970 s example and caused stagflation,
megyn: what kind of car would you be? kelly as fox.com. the hearts and minds of republican voters in the iowa straw poll, let s take a look back at who has won in the past. george h.w. bush won the very first ames straw poll back in 1979. he finished third in 1987. then in 1995 bob dole and texas senator phil graham tied for the top spot in the straw poll. in 99 george w. bush won fist place, and this year s front runner, mitt romney, won first place back in 2007. even if you come out tops in this iowa straw poll, you may not get the nomination. you know, mitt romney didn t get it the last time around. george w. bush was one of the only folks who actually won the straw poll and went on to win the nomination and then, of course, the presidency. well, again, the republican presidential debate is tonight, folks, it airs right here on the fox news channel. it will be hosted by bret baier and is sponsored by fox news,