wars and the wars over public employees and what scott walker has done. so wisconsin is a very hot state indeed. paul ryan can try to help mobilize that anger and mobilize it into a successful force for mitt romney if they do it right. it s certainly wide open for that kind of campaign. but the gender divide is a big deal, and, again, i m not sure how ryan makes that appeal. because they re going to be talking about the issues that have become republican issues as well, especially among suburban women, and younger women, and their issues of choice and reproductive freedom. i m joined by moderator of meet the press. david, you ve been talking for months pay no attention to the campaign we re seeing. this is a big election. well, we re not waking up early this morning and tomorrow morning now that big
i think that s among the reasons why ryan was chosen. you know, here was senator obama who had a huge national security gap when he was up against john mccain. that was a big part of why he chose senator biden. that s not the calculation this time around. andrea mitchell, when it comes to sort of looking at this ticket and matching up ryan and biden, what do you see there? and is the ryan-washington experience, the fact that all of his experience is washington, whether as a staffer, is it all going to be a handicap to him? with some audiences, sure it will be, but you can t be more washington than joe biden. there are similarities. both blue collar, both scrappy, both fighters. it will be interesting to watch the two of them go up against each other.
from over and they re going to have to deal with that. back to luke s point because it s important. if you think about how ryan complements romney, i think luke s exactly right. he s a natural campaigner, a very easy politician, paul ryan is. can he go out there and energize the republican crowd? yes, he can do that. can he do it in working-class sections of the country just like joe biden s doing for president obama? yes, he can do that. he can be a huge fund-raiser because he ll energize conservatives with the fiscal message he s got. if you think about all those areas, including the convention where paul ryan will have such a big role, he really can perform very, very well. that s on the one side of the ledger and the other side is that he s going to be a huge target on medicare. all right, david, stick around. we ll take a short break. but just to recap, sources tell
clinton called him all kinds of just demonized what he was talking about in terms of social security insolvency and he referred to clinton as a panda bear and that doesn t work. that was the end of songas s campaign. democratic primaries have shown how treacherous florida can be when anyone tries to speak very tough talk about medicare and the budget. go ahead, david. let s remember, too, the phrase change medicare as we know it. we ve been through the health care debate and how easy it was to define something that was complex in a really negative way. democrats have had a lot of experience doing this on the issue of medicare. they ll come out of the gate starting tomorrow, he s the guy that wants to change medicare as you know it, paul ryan, in a down economy for middle-class senior voters who depend on this, and these guys want to dismantle it. what they ll have to counteract
dominate this campaign. what will dominate is the economy, questions of debt, and the role of government. i think that s among the reasons why ryan was chosen. you know, here was senator obama who had a huge national security gap when he was up against john mccain. that was a big part of why he chose senator biden. that s not the calculation this time around. andrea mitchell, when it comes to sort of loorking king s ticket and matching up ryan and biden, what do you see there? and is the ryan-washington experience, the fact that all of his experience is washington, whether as a staffer, is it all going to be a handy cap to him? with some audiences, sure it will be, but you can t be more washington than joe biden. there are similarities. both blue collar, both scrappy, both fighters.