a guy, sam griffith, he posted, i grew up poor. my mother was a diehard fdr democrat.urned 18, the first president i voted for was ronald reagan. my mother was beside herself. she asked me, why would i vote for him? her, i did not plan on staying poor. this is our message. [applause] this is what we stand for. we want to win date in these midterms? do you want to win big in 2016? listen to a guy who still wants to believe in the american dream. the little guy. who might not afford a seat at froufrou of the grudgesers, but we don't success. they celebrated. and they want to achieve it themselves by doing right. make government live within its means. keep it limited. protect liberties. allow prosperity. it is understanding that the constitution is not a tool for government to restrain the people. as patrick henry said, it's an instrument for the people to restrain the government. [applause] what's right is standing for freedom, and a culture of life, and respecting our united states military, and letting free markets create jobs, and securing the borders to protect those

michigan's candidate is now proposing taking control of the gas tax away from uncle sam and griffithdividual states. but is that a good idea? joining us now to talk about it, john hofmeister, founder and ceo of citizens for affordable energy. john, where do you come down on this idea? >> well, i think the federal government has basically absc d absconded on the whole issue of tax on fuel for the last, what, nearly 20 years? it was 1994 the last time that the clinton/gore administration tried to raise fuel taxes. they wanted 6 cents, they got 33. since then, no one has touched it, republicans or democrats. >> are you suggesting that we raise taxes? >> no, no, not at all. no, that's the last time it was touched. i'm in favor of reducing fuel prices because we've got to get a whole -- we've got to get a grip on how the fuel price affects the larger economy and particularly middle and lower income families in america. i've been on that crusade, really, since i departed shell nearly five, six years ago. >> jan, where do you come out on this idea, though, of taking what would have been fed