throw up our hands and do nothing. kelly: richard, of course, richard is talking about wayne laperriere, the vice president of the powerful nra, who gave a litany of complaints about all of this. he remains disses missive president obama creating a task force led by vice president joe biden to examine ways to reduce gun violence. wayne laperriere believes the group will try to destroy the second amendment, true or false? if you look at the overall goal here of the democrats is to do, david axelrod axiom never fail to take advantage of a crisis. this is not a political winner for the democrats. even at the height of the news coverage for this only saw a seven-point swing in terms of americans wanting more gun control. look back at columbine . kelly: is this a movement to take away guns from the average constituent, take away their second amendment rights? is it or not? that is movement. that was only goal. the only thing democrats try to do it every few yearsings look for tragedy a
days than medicare. oh, how things have changed when social security was the famous third rail of american politics. at 11:45 a.m. this morning in the brady press briefing room named for jim brady, who was the white house press secretary who was shot and permanently disabled after a 1981 assassination attempt on ronald reagan. the president will announce a task force led by vice president biden to develop a policy response to the newtown, connecticut shooting. the president is not expected to make any policy decisions but lay out a path forward on a process to come up with some policy proposals. on sunday though he did promise in newtown that he would use whatever power this office holds to prevent future tragedies. yesterday white house spokesman jay carney said that could include reexamining some gun laws. carney said the president supports senator dianne feinstein s attempt to revive the assault weapons ban as well as a ban on high-capacity
susan page and mike duffy from time magazine. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recover from heart transplant surgery. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn s athena jones. athen athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get heart transplants, at least according to the international society of heart and lung implantation. his age could play into how long he s kept here under observation, candy. certainly this is not the first time, as we all know, he s been hospitalized, maybe the most serious as far as i can tell, but nonetheless, he s had a long history. reporter: absolutely. he s had five heart attacks over the co
santorum victory in louisiana with two washington bureau chiefs, susan page and mike duffy from time magazine. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. first our news of the day. former vice president dick cheney is recovering from heart transplant surgery at a northern virginia hospital. joining me now for the latest from the hospital is cnn s athena jones. athena, do they have any idea how long he might be there? reporter: well, we understand that most heart patients who go through a surgery like this end up staying in the hospital for about a month, certainly several weeks while they under observation. i should mention that vice president cheney at 71 is on the upper end of the age range of people who get heart transplants, at least according to the international society of heart and lung implantation. most people who get these transplants are in their 50s. his age could play into how long he s kept here under observation, candy. certainly, this is not t
back. gasoline prices are off the charts with predictions now that they could hit 6 bucks a gallon this summer. we re already about 25 cents away from the record high reached in july of 2008. rising oil prices and the falling value of the u.s. dollar don t offer much hope for relief anytime soon. the president s been talking about gas prices lately, working it into speeches in virginia, nevada and california last week. he announced a task force led by attorney general eric holder to seek out fraud and manipulation of gas prices. that s what the politicians do. every time gas prices spike they look for an imaginary boogie man. today the president wrote a letter urging leaders to stop preferential taxes for the oil companies. later there s legislation and a response to high gas prices. in an interview house speaker