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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, congratulations on your successful newt gingrich presidency, sir. happy low gas prices, america. but don't forget...

Different aims. so i think when you see democrats using the same tactics, that's not where they want to be. >> you know, ryan, another piece of this press conference that stood out to me, the president began talk about the economic good news, unemployment at 5.7%, 57 straight months of job growth. the average price of gas are $2.45 a gallon. these are statistics that any republican would have emblazened on a cape and attempt to fly off buildings with. this is the kind of stuff that should create a teflon dome around the white house, and, yet, for some reason it doesn't stick and maybe because ...

Microsoft offering up a pretty penny for customers to trade up. lauren simonetti is here to explain that. >> microsoft really p wants your business. he is offering mac book owners up to $650 to drayed in their apple lap top for a tablet. that's a 12 inch tablet he unveiled last month that has a cover for the key board. prices start at 800 bucks. you have it until july 31st. >> pick me up ladies. starbucks raising prices on some of the drinks by 5 to $0.20. it is also selling a new item a. line of designer hand crafted soda. they come in three flavors and start at 2.45. since they are caffeine ...

>> gregg: the share of americans' paychecks that go to servicing debt is actually at a 30-year low. i was amazed at that figure. and that is obviously given households more money for consumer products and so forth. so why is economic growth, gdp, so anemic at 2.45%? >> we're not seeing the job growth. the unemployment is at 7.3%. yes, it's much less than what it was, but look at the labor participation rate. it's at its lowest level since 1978. people are giving up looking for work and companies out there are afraid to hire. they're sitting on a trillion dollars of cash on the side lines. ther...

Off of that. >> we should bear in mind. incomes are weak and declining and not that gas prices are going up. the average price 2.45 a gallon and not much higher than that right now. we saw in the first gulf war and in the 2000s we didn't see much of an inflation. and getting smaller it is less of a component. >> they are up 76 cents a gallon. i drive three hours and i feel that 76 cents. >> with all due respect. i don't think it is necessary to have, competition will take care of that. the fact that the feds is