memorial day, packing up the family, hitting the road. first you have to gas up. amazingly from the looks of how many people will hit the road this weekend, we have become used to high gas prices and i mean high. it will cost most of us $50, $60, even 70 bucks to fill up the tank. for three years the average price of a gallon of gas has been above $3.00. we haven t seen it below $3.00 since 2009. for the 36 million of us traveling this weaken, maybe it s become part of the deal. with me miguel marquez and cnn s chief business correspondent christine romans. gas prices are high, but it doesn t seem to be discouraging anyone from traveling, right? reporter: that s right, carol. a lot of folks on the road this year, about 36.1 million people that aaa estimates will be
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take support from. greta: how much have you raised? $31 million. greta: what percentage is from out of state? i don t know what the exact percentage. dollar amount # 0% plus came from people in state and out gave us $50. greta: i read a figure, two-third came from out of state? it could be close to that. we had people across the country, but overwhelmingly with the small dollar amount. 70% came from people giving us $50, $35 contribution. we take their help. more than a year yeah since last february you showed a tape that we have been underassault with millions in the attack ads. the state senate recall. greta: you won by five points against mayor barrett in 2010. if you win by seven points or you win on something less than five points what does it mean? anything at all? no. in the end it allows us to move forward. most people in the state want to move on and move forward. whether we win by ten or a