>> mr. heath. guest: you know, i would say that i would answer it generally this way just based on experience of covering a lot of these presidential elections and being around politics most of my life. not much. the ship of state governs in this country a little bit left sometimes and a little bit right sometimes. but it takes a big event, if you will, to have it alter offcourse too much. we haven't seen a great big veer to the left under president obama, we didn't see a great big veer to the right under president bush. and there's a check and balance in the country that kind of prohibits that particularly when you have congress controlled by a different party. but i would say that a lot of these issues are sort of on the edges and it takes a great deal of effort and usually a trying time, if you will, a bad economy is an example or maybe a war, to have this ship of state veer too far to the left or too far to the right. it just generally doesn't happen. host: florida, sherry, democrat's line. cal

host: mr. heath.uest: i would answer generally this way, based on experience in covering these presidential elections and being around politics most of my life. not much. the ship of state governs this country a little bit left sometimes and a little bit right sometimes. but it takes to be given, if you will, to have it all for of course too much. we have not seen a great big year to the left under president obama. we did not see a great big veer to the right under president bush. , i would say to an independent and to somebody in the middle that a lot of these issues are they take as and to great deal of effort. great deal of effort.

. >> i will let mr. heath respond if he wishes. guest: the governor has not endorsed. he endorsed several previous candidates for president, but has not endorsed the current crop. he has remained neutral in this campaign. there has been some question about why he did not endorse newt gingrich, who he served with when gingrich was speaker in congress in the late 90's and cases -- and the governor was the budget director. he has remained neutral with this current crop of candidates. host: about the papers talking about mr. santorum, about six districts where the senator did not get on the ballot -- are these districts important to him, as far as size and density of people? >> they really are. they missed it. that is the bottom line. they missed it. when the deadline occurred to qualify for ohio's ballot, rick santorum was driving around in a van in iowa. very few people knew who he was. there were few outside of him and his wife who felt he would eventually lead the pack. he is wounded. there are several congressional districts where his name -- i should clarify. his nam

host: we will leave it there and let mr. heath respond as he wishes. guest: governor jon casey has not endorsed. the is addressed -- he has endorsed several candidates, but he has not endorsed the current crop, he is neutral. there is some question about why he did not endorse newt gingrich, who he served with when gingrich was speaker in the late 1990's and kasich was the budget committee but director. nevertheless, governor kasich has remained neutral with this current crop of candidates. host: the plain dealer, talking about santorum, the sixth district where the senator spoke, did not get on the ballot, are these six districts in portis terms of size and extent of people? guest: they really are. they missed it, bottom line. things happen in the campaign. back when the deadline came to qualify for the ohio ballot, santorum was driving around in a van and iowa, very few people knew who he was. i think there were very few outside of he and his wife in his campaign manager who felt he would lead the pack. there are several congressional districts where

tax man mr. heath. tax man mr. rattner. >> david gregory, thank you. >> of course. mika wants to raise taxes on gas. >> she might be right. don't rule out the possibility that she's right. >> how about getting rid of subsidies for oil and gas. >> i love that. fought for that for years and got run over by big oil when i tried for royalty relief. >> we'll continue this conversation whether the political debate will take over even the jobs debate for the fall. we have governors haley barbour and brian schweitzer joining us from montana. >> thank you. >>> we'll talk to the chairman of the governors association, martin o'malley. keep it right here. [ male announcer ] for making cupcakes and deposits at the same time. for paying your friend back for lunch from your tablet. for 26 paydays triggered with a single tap. for checking your line, then checking your portfolio. for making atms and branches appear out of thin air. simple to use websites, tools, and apps. for making your financial life a little bit easier. simple to use websites, tools, and apps. lasti