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The all-time record which is 411 set back in july of 08. were right there and almost certainly surpassed the record. >> right, a the lot of presidents often say theres not really a silver bullet to get this thing lower. but the survey what the americans are giving up. three out of four americans say theyre making changes to driving habits and dining out less often, not driving to go to dinner anymore, because of the amount of money its costing for a night out on the town. >> and 64% less on ente...

Same weaknesses that hillary clinton had in 08. thats the learning can you remember can of problem you suggested to us, ezra. when youve been around a long time, people have calcified opinions about you. they saw you before. whats odd about that is that republicans have typically picked the candidate that lost in the last one. thats what makes him seem inevitable at the beginning of this. yeah, that not romney seems to be beating romney at every point. theres somebody else spending money here, t...

Morning. thank you both. >> there are new fears that the rising price of gas could pose a serious threat to the recovery of the u.s. economy. the average national gas price is energy $4 a gallon and some economists say it could hit $5 and cause an immediate downturn. brenda buttner is here. >> hi. >> it impacts what you pay to transport the goods and that raises the price of the goods. so how severe is the impact? >> we have been luck thetime, as opposed to between the 08, there are a couple of ...

Mitt romney and small to rick santorum. i dont see illinois tipping the race in one direction or another. i think were at an odd slog where i dont think momentum will be a driver of anything much at this point. i think romney is too far ahead in delegates and money. i think the party has decided that rick santorum is not a plausible nominee. there is a period in the 08 election between hillary clinton and barack obama in which obama was a mathematically certain nominee. >> after south carolina. ...

Going have. but the very notion of latino as a voting act -- latinos have always been much more likely to split vote and its as much about country of origin and the state where people are as it is about latino identity. >> right. >> were increasingly seeing, i wanted to look at the turnout rates and the numbers of latino voters who have been increasingly showing up in the democratic party. >> yes. >> and this kind of change in latino voter turnout of almost 3 percentage points from 04 to 08. wer...

In fact, that you saw -- when the libya crisis struck, where we got to 112 and then back down to 78. the idea is that there is this layer of investment and that continues to grow, that sort of baseline it is price of energy and -- antonia is right. no supply/demand disconnect here. there is clearly enough supply to meet whats ever rising demand for the most part. so thats not really the issue. but in -- in my view, there is a layer of money that continues to grow and, therefore, the bottom, base...

President obama. in 2008 they all voted for president obama. joining me now is larry sabato and former vermont governor and dnc chairman howard dean. good to see you both. >> thanks. >> good to see you. >> ill begin with you, governor dean, had ohio gone to john kerr ney 2004 he would have won the election. according to this article, virginia, and colorado now old that distinction. whats your take? >> we actually in 08, our strategy was to have a western strategy and that is colorado, nevada, ar...

Reform bill, a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrant bus that effort was broken by a conservative revolt. the anti-immigrant wing of the party was too strong. now, republican parties is a real demographics problem, building a permanent minority. every year, the nonwhite proportion of the electorate grows by half a percentage point, jonathan chait wrote, the minority share increases by 2%. to see what that means, if michael dukakis had within running in 08 with obamas elector rarkt the sam...

At least 90% of the votes. take, for example, tuesdays primary, the population of alabama is 68% white, 26% black. however, the voting turnout in the gop primary in alabama was 94% white and just 2% black. it was even starker in mississippi, where 59.5% of the population is white and 37% is black. the voting turnout there was 97% white and 2% black. to compare, we can take a look back at the democratic primaries both mississippi and alabama in 08. the voting turnout for the testimonies in alabam...

"new york times" opinion piece calling his former employer togsic atogs toxic and destructive. wolf blitzer is off. im candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. youre in "the situation room." puerto rico isnt often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sundays republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt...