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Hhs they can still find a way to do some of the implementation of that. these policy lied tkers will be a big part of the dispute. jon: you'll have a lot to talk about tomorrow. i'm getting ahead of myself. you can catch paul hosting the journal editorial report, that is tomorrow at 2:00pm eastern time here on fox news channel. right after that 30 minutes later yours truly low hosts fox news watch. we'll cover the coverage of all the big news stories of the week especially this thin thing thats going on in libya. jenna: with all the international news we have to keep in mind one of our biggest...

On the fox business network. that is exciting. congratulations. 7:00pm eastern time. check it out. now the suggestion by haley barbour, president obama got what he wanted in energy secretary chu, and that these are their policies, that intact there may be some relishing of the gas prices going up because it's going to drive us off of oil. >> it's hard to imagine that they would relish the discomfort and the pain that these prices are causing so many millions of americans. gasoline prices, megyn have risen 67% since this president took office. steven chu the energy secretary and the president h...

It's more than just an imminent government shut down. >> reporter: oh, sure. i think that you see a clash of visions. there is no question. you saw it to some extent in the 2010 election. you're seeing it now as this plays out in the capitol of wisconsin. what are we willing to pay for and what not? you see the public being confronted with the cost of greater government. how much are we willing to pay for it? what do we want to spend money on? how large do we want government to be? are we going to set priorities? that's the kind of debate we're going to have and it's just starting and it's goi...

This battle. >> reporter: that's a great question, jenna was the independents really swung the 2012 election. for all the talk about the influence of the tea party definitely they increased the enthusiasm on the republican side and got out the vote. but the independents switched to republicans by about 13 to 15%. according to polls across the country independents on almost every poll are very concerned about the deficit, the debt, their own state's situation, and they believe that cutting spending, rather than raising taxes at this point is the way to go. if that holds heading into 2012 that c...

Why in. >> it's politically difficult. the house republicans i talked to this week they made a decision they are in fact going to go after entitlements. when they put together their budget for 2012 which will be later in the spring and probably in may, april/may they are going to include real entitlement reform, that's when the sparks are going to fly. politically that's the biggest issue of them all. jon: do you get the sense voters are ready to support them on that. >> i don't really know. if you see what happens in new jersey when governor cristie is trying to cut spending, he has support a...