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It's more than doubled since then. he's got to take a little blame for that. tad is talking about all this domestic energy and growth. most of those were leases and agreements and contracts that the bush administration left over and this president has time and time again tried to stop domestic energy drilling. he's tried to stop the keystone pipeline. he's tried to stop energy exploration in alaska and he's put just an absolute halt on any kind of drilling in the gulf. we've had to fight that time and time again. drill, baby, drill. he says that's not a policy. it may be a place to start becau...

Good luck running on that one, gop. joining me now is democratic strategist tad devine, senior adviser for the kerry and gore campaigns and chip saltsman, a republican strategist who was mike huckbee's campaign manager in 2008. thank you both for coming on the show. tad, is high gas prices a threat to the president's re-election campaign? >> well, high gas prices are always a concern because it's something that affects people immediately and affects their pocketbooks. thing president's case on this will be very strong. he's done everything possible with all of the above energy strategy. it's i...

Businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. last year, they created the most jobs since 2005. today, american manufacturers are hiring again and creating jobs for the first time since the 1990s. so our economy -- >> that is the president of the united states. again, with his message on manufacturing, dealing with the jobs situation, speaking now in chandler, arizona. we're going to monitor and go back as he makes his points. i want to bring in democratic strategist tad devine, a senior adviser for the kerry and gore campaign. tad, great to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> wha...

Have people who want to come to this country have an opportunity to do so legally. that people who seek an education can do so with as much assistance as possible. and i think our business leaders are telling us they want people who are trained here with the skills that they need to work in businesses and to establish new businesses. that's a key to our economic success and future. so the president is on the right side of that fight. the fact he'd go to states like arizona and nevada and colorado, where latino voters can be the crucial difference in winning those states where he has a huge adv...

Capitol hill, we preserved 1.4 million jobs in the heartland of the country. look at what mitt romney did when he was governor of massachusetts. under mitt romney, that state declined in manufacturing at twice the national average. twice the national average, rev, and they ranged 47 out 50 in job growth overall in this country, so mitt romney likes to say he's going to conduct the campaign and prosecute the case about the economy, we welcome that conversation against a governor who ranked 47th out of 50 in this nation on job growth. >> i might add that ford is the only one that didn't get a ba...