show americans he is as concerned about rising gas prices as they are. time to bring in the panel. tucker carlson of the "dailycaller.com." rick klein from abc news. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. let's take a look at the rise in gas prices, because it's really stunning. put the numbers up here. when president obama was sworn in, gallon of gasoline cost $1.84. now it costs $3.85. a jump of 108%. how damaging is that to the economy? how damaging is it to president obama politically? tucker? >> well, it could be profoundly damaging. part of it depends on how it's spun by the press, how it's reported. if as we have seen this other administrations the president gets the full blame for this, then it hurts. the truth is, got to be honest about it, not clear what control if any the president has over the price of gasoline, set on the international me tollum