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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 sev...

Highlight reel. >> andrea: aside from the knock-knock joke that went over like a lead balloon -- >> eric: i thought it was great. >> andrea: brought up a number of democrats speaking out on this. what is interesting is speaker boehner came out and said look, if they are not going to renege, we pass something to house of representatives and do it legislatively. i think this is a huge problem for the democrats. because something like this, can't be a birth control, ban for everybody. has to do with religious freedom. if they pass it through the house it will pass unanimously and force the conser...

Highlight reel. >> andrea: aside from the knock-knock joke that went over like a lead balloon -- >> eric: i thought it was great. >> andrea: brought up a number of democrats speaking out on this. what is interesting is speaker boehner came out and said look, if they are not going to renege, we pass something to house of representatives and do it legislatively. i think this is a huge problem for the democrats. because something like this, can't be a birth control, ban for everybody. has to do with religious freedom. if they pass it through the house it will pass unanimously and force the conser...

politics in-depth. i'm wolf blitzer in florida, you're in the "situation room." >> the dust is settling here in jacksonville, florida, after our very exciting cnn republican presidential debate last night. and there's new evidence that mitt romney is gaining support four days before florida puts its stamp on the republican race for the white house. the new poll shows romney nine points ahead of gingrich among likely gop primary voters here in florida. the survey was taken tuesday through thursday entirely before our debate last night. gingrich was leading romney in florida earlier th...

Republicans because we're fairly close district. but if people go to my web, russell pierce.com they get a little of that information. this is battle. not just about arizona, the nation. 34 states are modeling after sb 1070. let me tell you result you need to hear about enforcing our laws. phoenix just put out a press release, phoenix law enforcement association, crime rate is a 30-year low in phoenix. a 30-year low and attribute to sb 1070. bill: really, just past 12 months or so that number came down like that? >> well, that number has dropped like, a lead balloon. the impact it is having, s...