she said there is not going to be one. president obama, plans for the long-term he gets behind green energy agenda. that he says will help years from now. he knows it won t help right now. if this imperils the recovery he will be this trouble. bret: in 2008, one of the ads run back then. take a look. since the gas lines of the 70s, democrats and republicans talked about energy independence but nothing has changed. except now exxon is making $40 billion a year and we re paying $3.50 for gas. i m barack obama. i don t take money from oil companies or washington lobbyists. i won t let them block change anymore. they will pay a penalty on wind fall profits and invest in alternative energy, create jobs and free ourselves from foreign oil. i approve this message because it s time washington worked for you. not them. bret: look at the graphic of gas prices when president obama took office, we have shown it before.
$4.50, $5 in gas, you can forget it. my point is your candidates can t even break 40% in their own party. because you got four people running, it s a primary, david. and no one is wowing your party. no one has can beat barack obama. no one is bringing consensus. the one thing that s for sure is that you never know what news is going to happen the next day. and that s right. absolutely. it s impossible to know what s going to happen just yet come november. hey, thanks so much for getting up bright and early. appreciate it. see you soon. thanks, david. speaking of those gas prices, they are doubling from when president obama took office so what happened to the promises? i m barack obama, i don t take money from oil companies or washington lobbyists, and i won t let them block change anymore. they ll pay a penalty. so back then when was a candidate, he had the answers to feeling your pain at the pump. so where are they now? let s be honest, hollywood s
for that price to go even higher. by a mile. as you remember, the president last week had that energy speech on thursday where he basically said there wasn t much that he could do as president but remember when he was a candidate, he did center some ideas. here s the then candidate obama. the gas lines of the 70 s, democrats and republicans have talked about energy incentives but nothing s changed. except now exxon is making $40 billion a year and we re paying $3.50 for gas. i m barack obama. i don t take money from oil companies or washington lobbyists and i won t let them block change anymore. they ll pay a penalty on windfall profits, we ll invest in alternative energy, create jobs and free ourselves from foreign oil. i approved this message because it s time washington worked for you. not them. it s interesting, there he does say that i m barack obama, and i don t take money from lobbyists and stuff like that. actually, when you look at the people who are his big money
all we have heard is enough hot air to power the juan: wait, were you saying this when president bush was around? oh, if we dealt with this four years ago? we had the reagan. we had the first bush, the second bush. andrea: in fairness, president bush released comprehensive energy plans and tried to act on them. juan: we have more drilling now, thanks to president bush, by the way, than we ve ever had in this country. i don t andrea: what are we thanking president obama for? kimberly: rising gas prices? take a trip down memory lane. i m ticked off. listen to 2008, this is what he said. see where we are now. the gas line of the 70s. democrats and republicans talked about energy in the senate. and nothing has changed. exxon is making $40 billion a year and we re paying $3.50 for gas. i m barack obama. i don t take money for oil companies or washington lobbyists and i won t let them block change anymore. brian: the thing is, when they talk about drilling, is it true? are
a new career. i m year yeah borrow ger and you re in the situation room. it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and today s speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch of reasons. you just would not call this mitt romney s perfect day. the front lines couldn t have been clearer at what was supposed to be the major moment so far to win the state where he grew up. in the morning, the auto workers union held a noisy opposition to the auto industry bailout. it s total blas fem me. and then in the afternoon i want to thank the ford field it was not the venue that romney would have preferred where the detroit lions play ball. the speech had been planne