the reason gas was $1.79 in december as you pointed out is because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s try iing to take over the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower tacks. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. you re watching the ed show we ll be right back. t.
because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s trying doekt the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower taxes. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. [ groans ] you okay? i m not looking forward to my flight. try this. bayer aspirin? i m not having a heart attack. it s my back. no, this is new bayer advanced aspirin.