u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation s primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney s sharpest critics in questioning romney s conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake city. thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. an honor to be with you. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says you agree with george will on that? those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is the time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for leadership for
kristen, earlier today for the folks who say this president is taking too much vacation time, when you look at over the years, he s actually taken less vacation time at this point in his presidency than all of the others. reporter: that s right. i have to give credit to sort of the unofficial white house his tor yan, mark knoller. even the white house says ask mark knoller. he s the one who knows. he has tallied all this. cou according to his reporting president obama has taken 61 vacation days at this point. at this point in bush s presidency, he had taken 180 vacation days. more than twice that. president reagan had taken about 112. when you think about it, president obama really has taken far fewer than his predecessors, tamron. thank you very much. while president obama is waiting until after labor day to announce his plan for job growth, the congressional black caucus said it is tired of waiting for action. listen to california democratic congresswoman maxine waters confront