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romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, heres a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio dont go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. thats where hes kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the tic...

Gotten tremendous heat. you see other things. i mean, not only this, but other things are leading to a point where as of yesterday, romney is leading in various polls and doing very well. people are not wanting to hear that when you look at what has happened with this country, how this country has built itself up from its boot straps. i mean, how they ito have worked. people have worked so hard. forget donald trump. i mean people -- and i do work hard and i am proud of that -- but people are wor...

Gotten tremendous heat. you see other things. i mean, not only this, but other things are leading to a point where as of yesterday, romney is leading in various polls and doing very well. people are not wanting to hear that when you look at what has happened with this country, how this country has built itself up from its boot straps. i mean, how they ito have worked. people have worked so hard. forget donald trump. i mean people -- and i do work hard and i am proud of that -- but people are wor...

>> the star of the ad did get some help from the government, he got help. the new hampshire leader reports he has taken over $1 million in government loans and taxes and bonds over the years to help pull himself up by his boot straps. the irony appears to be lost on mr. gilchrist. im not going to turn a blind eye because the money came from the government. im not stupid. im not going to say no. lets bring in howard fineman, editorial director of the huffington post. welcome to the show. >> good ...

Bonds over the years to help pull himself up by his boot straps. the irony appears to be lost on mr. gilchrist. im not going to turn a blind eye because the money came from the government. im not stupid. im not going to say no. lets bring in howard fineman, editorial director of the huffington post. welcome to the show. >> good evening, professor. >> sir, romney seems to have found some traction in taking the presidents remarks on small business out of context. heres the presidents push back in ...

This message. >> the star of the ad did get some help from the government, he got help. the new hampshire leader reports he has taken over $1 million in government loans and taxes and bonds over the years to help pull himself up by his boot straps. the irony appears to be lost on mr. gilchrist. im not going to turn a blind eye because the money came from the government. im not stupid. im not going to say no. lets bring in howard fineman, editorial director of the huffington post. welcome to the ...

we begin with both presidential campaigns getting down and dirty on the low road as the candidates themselves try to stick to the high road. the latest examples, killer tv ad that the obama campaign is using to welcome so-called welcome mitt romney to pennsylvania. and a top romneys surrogates complaint that the president should "learn how to be an american." lets go to our white house correspondent, dan lothian, watching all of this unfold. weve been saying its getting ugly. >> report...

Not articulate at anything. until he can say policies, he will just be the rich guy. this is the problem. the only thing he has right now is to say, okay, you all can be like me, if you can pull yourselves up by your boot straps, but people cant do it that way anymore. >> if hes going to be the rich guy, coming yup, well ask who s playing chewbacca. other important questions as we assess the romney plan next. who has the jedi circle? toothpaste is the wrong thing to use on a denture, it could be...

women this memorial day. the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and he speaks later this hour at the vietnam veterans memorial. romney taking part in a tribute at the veterans museum and memorial center in san diego. senator john mccain is also appearing with him. i want to bring in dana bash who has more on this live. we expect to hear from mitt romney at this event thats getting under way. what do we think the message is going to be today? >> reporter: well, accordin...

They think of it as a zero-sum tradeoff. with do your priorities lie? john boehner on an alternative network talking about mitt romneys wealth and saying american people dont want to vote for a loser, suggesting, well, if you dont have wealth, if youre not at the totem pole, youre a loser. that governs the ethic of how republicans view those who are not pulling themselves up by their boot straps and succeeding. and the president said i want somebody with elm patty. he wants somebody that will lo...