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Cantor's comments about mitt romney being great for the economy. you pointed out earlier, you don't know his plan. paul krugman had a piece this weekend saying all four are phonies. it does seem that the president has the wind at his back when it comes to the economy because there are some indicators showing that things are moving forward. it doesn't seem like there's an alternative, at least. >> well, the economy is getting stronger. and as joe said earlier, it does seem unlikely at this point there'll be a double dip. unemployment will probably be above 8%, but trending the right way. the po...

These elections don't happen in isolation what people are thinking about. >> yeah, it's a great point. and mark haleprin, while the economy seemed to be improving, maybe that is causing some -- there are many that believe the economy's going to get worse. i personally don't. i think the numbers are stacking up in such a way that we're going to have the gathering momentum and maybe, maybe unemployment won't be in the sevens, but i don't think it's going to be in the nines. people talking about a double dip, personally i think they're wrong. i think the momentum is moving towards a slow, slow, s...

Around this time, the economy wobbled. there were concerns about a double dip. it's worse than attacks on the driving public, because it's a transfer of wealth. mostly to oil-producing countries and out of our coun y country. you're not going to see that this time around. the price increase shows up quickly when you try to ship something. and more importantly too, at the grocery store in the produce aisle, that inventory is sturning over constantly and driving those goods to market are direct input costs to what you see in your produce costs. it really shows up quickly there. >> thank you so m...

Between now and november, chris? >> the economy. chris, this has been probably the best three months of the obama presidencymonths, since the first three months to of the obama presidency in 2009, but the economy is this thing that -- if you ask david plouffe, if you ask barack obama, candidly, they would admit they don't have that much control over how it turns out. so, he is worried, look have we had a couple good months? absolutely. if we have a couple bad months, now all of a sudden, this energy, this excitement this feeling that things are turning around, now it looks like, well, had doub...

That could affect the economy and put us in double dip the way it did twice in the '70 '70s. it could have effect on how people feel about economy. >> last june they tapped in the petroleum with largest release in nation's history if the gas prices head to $5 a gallon. you think in a political season. you got a percentage point bump from 45 to 47%. >> unless they free up the keystone. republicans have to play this game and make the argument. what charles said, he is right. this is not happening in a vacuum. republicans have to make an argument. it's not just that we look at the gas prices. rep...