governor. we have done great work, a lot of progress, a lot more work to do our governor outperformed the southern economies. fifth best gdp growth, third best in job growth according to gallup, second best economic performance according to portfolio.com. chris, i m absolutely not running for president. i knee a lot of guests coy with you, no caveats in that statement. there are no caveats in that statement. if nominated, i will not run. if elected, i will not serve, right? you are taking on the president of the united states even if not in the election process. here s a quote from your book on the oil spill when you have a conversation with the president of the united states, even if you re from a different political party, shouldn t you keep that conversation between two gentlemen or is it your view that any conversation with the
they call the shots, folks. this is your energy policy. these are big people. they re damn near untouchable. they c can go to the cayman islands, the swiss, they control it. they re the largest company in the world and have bought out everybody out there that has offshore oil rigs. mary landrieu is sitting on the senate floor saying we just to keep expanding and have to keep doing the research and development and we just can t slow down oil. we can t slow down who? the biggest companies in the world? and she s a democrat? give me a break. for more let me bring in somebody who knows all about transocean, steve rosenbush, senior writer for portfolio.com. he says transocean might not have a great record when it comes to safety engineering, but it s their real expertise is in the area of financial engineering. i tell you what, it just never stops. my ears went up when i heard the