we don't know where gas prices are going to be. but they are going to be economic pressure points that any opposition party will use against this incumbent. gas prices could be one. unemployment could be one. inflation could be one. that is what the opposition party is there for. >>neil: now this president will have a unique position saying, i inherited this, and it is surely better now than when we were on the brink of rate trends notwithstanding. will that measure up, because we do remember the melt town. we have a good sense of where we were. >>guest: well, it may work with some democrats, frankly, i remember president carter saying the same thing about what he inherited from president ford. it don't matter. people assume after four years you have been running the ship of state and you are responsible and they will vote on that basis. >>neil: interesting stuff.