of the restrictions here in the u.s. get lifted and the spigots open up. bret? bret: jeff flock outside the refinery, thank you. let s bring in senior political analyst brit hume. good evening, brit. hi, bret. bret: the issue about oil is a big one and how we produce it is a question for this administration as we get ready for the state of the union tomorrow night. it does not seem, however, that this administration is ready to open up the spigot. i think you are right about that bret. i las vegas think this: that the longer this war in ukraine drags on, and the bloodier it gets, and the more atrocities we see, this event, this war will have had an even more galvanizing effect in the west and especially western europe than it has to date. and it s had plenty of effect to date. the effect of that may well be, i think, to get those european countries to say wait a minute, we have got wean ourselves off