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.