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Down ticket races, too. joining us now is steve schmidt. senior strategist for the mccain/palin ticket in 08. thank you for being here. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, rachel. >> theres allhis hand wringing by anonymous republicans about how theyre worried that paul ryans medicare baggage and other things that are known about him are going to hurt down ticket races. is that just whining or is there substance there? >> if youre in charge of running house republican campaigns, youre worried a...

Away, and one of the most interesting questions in all of politics is how the paul ryan pick is going to affect not just romneys chances against barack obama in november, but how the paul ryan pick will affect the down ticket races, too. joining us now is steve schmidt. senior strategist for the mccain/palin ticket in 08. thank you for being here. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, rachel. >> theres all this hand wringing by anonymous republicans about how theyre worried that paul ryans medica...

Did you turn over to the campaign? >> it was very exhaustive vetting process. its a confidential vetting process, so there were several years. but im going to release the same amount of years governor romney has. i have to tell you, bob -- >> how many is that? >> two, im going to be releasing two, which is what hes releasing. >> i one thing the paul ryan vp pick hasnt changed is wi still dont know what is in mitt romneys tax returns. at this point, we may never know. and thats, i think, just the...

The only republican dodging this question. >> how many years of tax returns did you turn over to the campaign? >> it was very exhaustive vetting process. its a confidential vetting process, so there were several years. but im going to release the g >> and how many was that? >> two. im going to release two, which is what hes releasing. >> the one thing the paul ryan vp pick hasnt changed is we still dont know whats in mitt romneys tax returns. and at this point, we may never know. and thats, i th...

Vetting process. its a confidential vetting process, so there were several years. but im going to release the same amount of years governor romney has. i have to tell you, bob -- >> how many is that? >> two, im going to be releasing two, which is what hes releasing. >> i one thing the paul ryan vp pick hasnt changed is wi still dont know what is in mitt romneys tax returns. at this point, we may never know. and thats, i think, just the way they like it. that 08 and 09 must be a dandy for romney....

North carolina. made two stops. north carolina has 15 electoral votes. the state is particularly importance in 2012. think back to 2008. candidate obama won north carolina by just 14,000 votes. that is .3%. it was a squeaker in north carolina. that has the republican ticket taking a very close look at this state as one they believe is in play for them. that is president obama in 08. first democrat to win there since 1976. gop carried that state in nine of last 10 elections. that is north carolin...

Union opposition, 70% of san jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. >> lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. >> analogy. >> he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. >> in san ...

Jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat tried to drawhe comparison. the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. >> analogy. >> he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. >> in san jose we negotiated with the unions hundreds of hours and they...

Jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. >> lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. >> analogy. >> he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts while walker curtailed some of their bargaining rights. >> in san jose we negotiated with the u...

Great. as mitt romney and republicans ramp up in florida,. they are locking horns with president obama in the battleground state of ohio. last month the obama camp and the ohio democratic party filed suit against the state for cutting back on its early voting period. with an exception made for military personnel. the romney camp issued a statement about the suit saying, quote, we disagree with the basic premise that it is arbitrary and unconstitutional to give three extra days of in person ear...