. >> the two most important endorsements are jim demint and mickey haley in terms of erasing the tiehampshire. >> foreign policy problem ahead in september, u.s. and european officials tell me that as many as half of the european nations could vote for the european resolution to create the palestinian state causing a big problem for the u.s. >> this is a general assembly? >> it's a general assembly vote. but imagine more than half of our european allies voting to support something we think is a terrible idea. >> we are not stopping it. quite the opposite. chris: when we come back, who has taken more vacation time, barack obama or george w. bush? chris: welcome back. president owaugh ma plans to go to martha's vineyard for a vacation, it's getting some criticism. so far in his presidency, barack obama has been on vacation for 61 days compared to 196 days for president george w. bush at this point in his first term. not counting camp david. which brings us to this week's big question. even though he trails bush is this a bad time to head to martha's vineyard? >> yes, it's a bad time be

i enjoy coming to places where folks like mickey haley are elected. true conservative. and also where they love the greatest fighting force on the face of the earth, the united states military. [applause] and i want to take a moment. i want to take a moment and ask you to just take some silence. think about those young navy seals, the other special operators who gave it all in the service of their country and take a moment to say thank you, lord, that we have those self-less, sacrificial men and women. their sacrifice was immeasurable. and their dedication profound. and we will never, ever forget them. [applause] i stand before you today as the governor of texas. but i also stand before you the son of two tenn't farmers, ray perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over europe to work his corner land and amealya who made sure my sister, mil and i had everything we needed including hand suing my clothes until i went tufe college. i'm a product of paint creek. don't have a zip code. too small to be called a town along the rose and plains of texas. we drew cotton and

i enjoy coming to places where people elect folks like mickey haley, true conservatives and also wherethe earth, the united states military. pplause] i want to take a moment, i want to take a moment and ask you to just take a silence, think about those young navy seals and the other special operators who gave it all in service to their country. take a moment to say, thank you, lord that we have those kind of selfless, sack official men and women. -- sacrificial men and women. their sacrifice was immeasurable and their dedication profound. and we will never, ever forget them. [applause] i stand before you today as the governor of texas but i also stand before you the son of two tenant farmers. ray perry who came home after 35 bombing missions over europe to work his little corner of land out there and amelia, who made sure my sister and i had everything we needed including hand sewing my clothes until i went off to college. i'm the product of a place called paint creek. doesn't have a zip code. it's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of texas. we breed dry land cotto