wisconsin, but bill clinton might. a new poll puts barrett even with scott walker. another poll puts barrett behind. john nichols has the latest. mitt romney joins donald trump and blows the birther dog whistle. in addition to the age of the president and the citizenship of the president, i would like it to also say that the president has to spend at least three years working in business before the president can become the president of the united states. and even fox defenders are saying fox news is rotten to the core. instead of concentrating on job creation, president obama has concentrated on growing government. you will not believe the new fox and friends attack on the president. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it s been less than 24 hours since mitt romney secured the republican nomination for president. now we know how he plans to win the white house. politico published a report today showing the record amount of money republica
republican nomination for president. now we know how he plans to win the white house. politico published a report today showing the record amount of money republican groups will spend to get romney elected into the oval office. according to sources within the groups, republican super pacs and other outside groups plan to spend roughly $1 billion on november s elections to win the white house and get control of the congress. now, to put this in perspective, in 2008, john mccain raised $370 million, barack obama set records by raising $750 million. the money being spent by the koch brothers is going to be $400 million, more than mccain s entire presidential campaign. the two koch brothers will write checks equal to or double the amount raised by organized labor. we always hear about organized labor writing all the checks. really? add it up this year. it will be a fraction of what these folks do. this is serious money and president obama warned about the consequences when he cal
it s been less than 24 hours since mitt romney secured the republican nomination for president. now we know how he plans to win the white house. politico published a report today showing the record amount of money republican groups will spend to get romney elected into the oval office. according to sources within the groups, republican super pacs and other outside groups plan to spend roughly $1 billion on november s elections to win the white house and get control of the congress. now, to put this in perspective, in 2008, john mccain raised $370 million, barack obama set records by raising $750 million. the money being spent by the koch brothers is going to be $400 million, more than mccain s entire presidential campaign. the two koch brothers will write checks equal to or double the amount raised by organized labor. we always hear about organized labor writing all the checks. really? add it up this year. it will be a fraction of what these folks do. this is serious money an
you will not believe the new fox and friends attack on the president. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it s been less than 24 hours since mitt romney secured the republican nomination for president. now we know how he plans to win the white house. politico published a report today showing the record amount of money republican groups will spend to get romney elected into the oval office. according to sources within the groups, republican super pacs and other outside groups plan to spend roughly $1 billion on november s elections to win the white house and get control of the congress. now, to put this in perspective, in 2008, john mccain raised $370 million, barack obama set records by raising $750 million. the money being spent by the koch brothers is going to be $400 million, more than mccain s entire presidential campaign. the two koch brothers will write checks equal to or double the amount raised by organized labor. we always hear about org
high so early in the season. usually you see gas prices going up into the spring and summer driving season. never so high so early. what goes into a gallon of gas? here s the breakdown according to the way the government looks at it. 12% of the price of gasoline are the taxes that we pay. 6% goes to distribution and marketing. 6% is refining. look at that, kyra, 76% is crude oil. crude oil is a price that is set in the global market that is a lot of different head winds and cross winds and when crude oil prices, gasoline prices rise, crude oil is above $108 a barrel. mostly because of this fear factor about iran but also because of, you know, consistent global demand for energy and oil, kyra. so you ve got the demand for oil, you ve got the arab spring, you have the fact that look what s happening here in the united states with regard to the economy. all of that combined. it s not just one factor that s making this happen right now, correct? correct. and when you look a