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>> republicans have been talking about how bad the economy is for years now. listen to the candidates in 2011-12 campaign. >> i can tell you over the period of four years, by virtue of policies we put in place, got the unemployment down 6%. >> lets grow the economy by 5% instead of the 2% currently envisioned. >> i believe we can get gasoline from $2 to $2.50 a gallon and that would be an enormous change. >> all of those things have happened under president obama what do republicans have to say ...

Have unemployment down below 6% and i remember when newt gingrich promised to get the gas at $2.50. but this is because wages are stagnant and they are a lagging indicator of the economy. until the president is able to show people their wages are growing. what niger is saying is relative to many extents that people are not feeling it in their pockets. >> niger, how do you solve this problem going forward? and do you buy what the president is selling about raising minimum wage and raising the mid...

$50,000 or less, that is oil prices, that is gas prices. and those are the people who are now feeling better about the economy and feeling better about the president. but the president isnt responsible for $2.50 oil. so is it the presidents policies that really are behind these better approval rate sngs. >> well, actually this is counterintuitive for a democrat, but hes had a very aggressive policy on drilling. hes been more pro fracking than maybe some of his friends in the environmental commun...

Story. >> it is. >> how low does it go? >> i think youre plumbing the lows, i think youre plumbing the lows, its had such a swift move you wont -- >> next year, i think the average that the government is looking for is maybe $2.60 a gallon. >> whats your number? >> youre trying to put me on the record here? i think youre closer to $2.50 than 3. >> give me a number. $2.62. >> you say $2.50. >> you say 2.48? >> you got money on it. >> how about lunch? >> whats wrong with betting on low gas prices....

This became the basic idea of the newt gingrich for president campaign. he lugged around some kind of gas tank prop with him everywhere during his 2012 campaign from that point forward. he carried around a gas can. he kept banging that drum. the newt gingrich presidency would move the price down to $2.50 a gallon for the people. well this week national gas prices have officially dropped from $2.51 a gallon to $2.45 a gallon. nationally average. so thank you president newt gingrich, congratulatio...

Party was inching along towards choosing its presidential nominee for the 2012 election. in february of that year newt gingrich was the man of the hour. newt gingrich won the south carolina primary. newt gingrich was looking like the truly credible alternative to mitt romney for the republican presidential nomination. but to crystallize what he had to offer to the american people, at the february 22nd presidential debate which was on cnn, newt gingrich rolled out to the nation what he wanted to ...

They said that it was going to be patient when it goes ahead and raises interest rates. there was some anxiety going into yesterdays meeting which was the last meeting of the year for the fed because oil prices have been so turbulent and usually the fed doesnt include the oil prices in their policy making. this time around they did say the oil price plunge is temporary and the fed did say as well that that oil price plunge is good for the economy and the fed is right about that because gas price...

Visit audioffers.com today. . >> i started out at $2.50 an hour. i thought i was the king. the north aviation, that was a big deal in town with apollo being built and so on. that was people in downey were happy, you know, during those times. theyre happy now. i mean, a lot of employment going on. todays world, i dont think there is any jobs like back then. todays world, you have to be educated, college educated or trades or something like that. but to just go out and get a job, a nice paying job...

Oil prices, here in 2.50 nationwide. a station in oklahoma is selling it for 1.66. we have seen the dow and s&p recover today. leland, back to you. >> lauren simonetti. of course dont miss lauren on our sister network, fox business. if you dont know where to find it on your tv, just log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. heather: a massive manhunt is underway for a marine veteran who is suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives. what police know about this suspect. bradley wil...

That dropped 10 cents in the last week. last year at this time the national average was $3.24 a gallon, and triple-a says we could see prices hit $2.50 by christmas. today marks a sad anniversary. two years since the sandy hook elementary massacre in the town of newtown, connecticut. they are not planning any public commemoration. in 2012 adam lanza opened fire in the school. 20 students and six educators died before he turned the gun on himself. >> could never imagine i would be standing here...