about what s going on in america today. well, i feel like we ve talked about your issues, your priorities, income inequality before, and we will again and i will ask you about that later in the interview. but i do want to ask you another question about senator mccaskill, in a sense, the idea that she s attacking you is intriguing to me, because i found out after hearing what she had to say, that there isn t anybody in congress, in the house where you served for 16 years, or the senate where you served for 9 years, who has endorsed you. i find that surprising. i m wondering if you have a theory as to why that is? well, of course i have a theory as to why that is. get some endorsements.we will - but i think it s very clear to say that secretary clinton is the candidate of most of the members of congress, is the candidate of the democratic establishment. as you know, i am the longest serving independence in the history of the united states congress. i am running for the democratic nom
overseas .pi lived in libya. when they talk about benghazi, let me tell you how crazy they are. there isn t anybody in libya, they ought to leave them alone about benghazi. it s sillry. when we decided to go to war in iraq, i was in montana. i was one of the democrats saying this is crazy. this is outrageous. this doesn t make any sense. when i was governor in montana, i went to those funerals. i love the way you talk. i agree with you on a lot of this stuff. in fact, most of it. let me ask you about running for president. would anything stop you at this point that you can see, stop you from running for the democratic nomination. what would stop you? i ve run it this is going to sound quaint, but i ve run it by my family, and i can t anybody in my family, my kids, my wife, any of my brothers and sisters who think it s a good idea. because listen, politics are
are. there isn t anybody in libya, they ought to leave them alone about benghazi. it s sillry. when we decided to go to war in iraq, i was in montana. i was one of the democrats saying this is crazy. this is outrageous. this doesn t make any sense. when i was governor in montana, i went to those funerals. i love the way you talk. i agree with you on a lot of this stuff. in fact, most of it. let me ask you about running for president. would anything stop you at this point that you can see, stop you from running for the democratic nomination. what would stop you? i ve run it this is going to sound quaint, but i ve run it by my family, and i can t anybody in my family, my kids, my wife, any of my brothers and sisters who think it s a good idea. because listen, politics are really tough on families. and everywhere they go, and
president obama took office. do you mean as a percentage or measure of some keijd? you are actually incorrect. if you take a look what the gas prices were on the 1st of september of 2008 versus today we re at about 25% lower. gas prices fluctuated you are comparing what it was in january. i m telling you what it was september to september. shannon: we will compare our math a little later. moving forward, is it ever okay for the party, encouraging to voters whether it s republicans and democrats, we have made some mistakes, things are not perfect for now. or do you think it will be looking forward and how things can be improved in the future? there is no question about it there isn t anybody in america that routes against america being successful in the future. what is the best way of going forward?
episode of magruder on saturday night live. he has a propensity to say things that are incredible in politics. but if he wins iowa he s set up for a hell of a run. you look at new hampshire. he s got a ways to climb. you look at the latest poll, it s still romney on top at 42%. to gingrich s 15%. and the difficulty that romney still faces, though, is conservative credentials john meacham and that s what this endorsement is addressing. indeed. there isn t anybody but romney phenomen phenomenon. and gingrich, i think, has finally become sort of bush at had his dole, reagan had his bush, bush had his mccain, and romney and gingrich are the two. but people don t trust romney in the republican party, because he tends to be all things to all people. when he was the massachusetts governor, he was a rock star republican. when he wanted to be the republican nominee he became more conservative. i think there s a great unease here that continues and shows no