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gloria borger is with us, cnns chief political analyst. >> both john king and have i been talking to sources as well as peter hanby. none of our sources are steering us away from paul ryan. some of us are steering us towards paul ryan. in fact a few of them are. i think what this shows us, a paul ryan pick is a calculation that mitt romney is going to a different generation, and that he intends to make the fiscal future of the country and the budget issue a real centerpiece of the camp...

glor ya, tell us what your sources are saying? >> both john king and i have been talking to sources as well as peter hamby. none of our sources are steering us away from paul ryan. some of them are steering us towards paul ryan. in fact, a few of them are. and i think this shows us a calculation that mitt romney is tending to make the fiscal future of the country and the budget issue a real center piece of the campaign. i think whats interesting to me, you were talking to john a few mi...

10-year-old daughter, so, no, michelle and i dont do the social seen, because as busy as we are, we have a limited amount of time and we want to be good parents at a time thats vitally important for our kids. and he goes on to say, my suspicion is this whole critique is due to the fact that i dont go to a lot of washington parties, as a consequence, the washington press corps doesnt feel like im in the mix enough with them. so they think i must be cold and aloof. the fact is, there are facts her...

Around forever. partisan, sure, but in the background, republicans like him, jovial, a good guy, back slapper, hail fellow well met. >> a wear hero. >> to do something like this somebody that well-liked. the ethics committee felt they cant do anything else. >> thats absolutely right. the ethics committee here is known for being a little toothless, congress is a club and no members like to go after fellow members, but the charges were simply so charge they couldnt ignore them and actually in the ...

Been around forever, partisan, sure, but even the republicans like him, a back-slapper, hail-met, a classic paul. to be able to do this against somebody who is that well-liked means the ethics committee felt they couldnt do anything else. >> that is absolutely right and goes to dans point. the ethics committee is known for being a little too toothless. congress is a club, no member likes to go after a fellow member but these charges were so large they couldnt ignore it and you have to give them ...

Because i was really struck, blanche lincoln was on this morning on "morning joe." kelly odonnell said to her, whats it like to be in the room with the president when hes twisting your arm? she said really, he didnt. he didnt call me, i called him on the critical vote just before christmas break. she was approaching the white house, they werent on her. he doesnt until recently seem to be this go-to force, one on one, calling him in. wheres rahm? wheres axelrod? wheres the legislative strategy te...

Congress. a well liked member, hes been around forever. partisan, sure, but in the background, republicans like him, jovial, a good guy, back slapper, hail fellow well met. >> a wear hero. >> to do something like this somebody that well-liked. the ethics committee felt they cant do anything else. >> thats absolutely right. the ethics committee here is known for being a little toothless, congress is a club and no members like to go after fellow members, but the charges were simply so charge they ...