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For more bold leadership in a running mate. so this is an important moment for romney, a presidential-level decision. its about the message that romney wants to send not only about how he would govern, which is important, but about how he wants to lead and what that vision is. so i think this paves the way leading up to the convention speech as well of mitt romney being very specific about what he thinks the turnaround plan is for america and for the american economy. and in paul ryan, he has a ...

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. its certainly wide open for that kind of campaign. but the gender divide is a big deal, and, again, im not sure how ryan makes that appeal. because theyre going to be talking about the issues that have become republican issues as well, especially among suburban wo...

I think thats 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. thats 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 g...

From over and theyre going to have to deal with that. back to lukes point because its important. if you think about how ryan complements romney, i think lukes exactly right. hes 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 bidens doing for president obama? yes, he can do that. he can be a huge fund-raiser because hell energize conservative...

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 doesnt work. that was the end of songass 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. >> lets remember, too, the phrase change medicare as we know it. weve been through the health care debate and how easy it was...

Dominate this campaign. what will dominate is the economy, questions of debt, and the role of government. i think thats 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. thats 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-w...

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. thats not the calculation this time around. >> andrea mitchell, when it comes to sort of looking at this ticket now as it comes in matching up ryan and biden, you know, what do you see there in it? is the ryan/washington experience, the fact that all his experience is washington, whether as a staffer, is it all going to be a handicap to him?...

In a district with chris lee, who had to resign. it was a republican-leaning district. there are signs outside buffalo, new york, that said vote democratic, save medicare and that message will be pounded away, just like david said. as for republicans running away from the ryan budget, i think that mitt romney making this decision now, theyre doubling down on it. and in terms of the messaging on this, i just read a report, working on confirming it, but heard rumors about it. michael steele, john ...

Paul ryan family. and his wife there, jana little. >> david, going back to the moment were in right now with mitt romney. hes behind. nobodys disputing this. he lost the summer, if you will, the preolympics period, the olympics are winding down. hes hoping to jump-start his own campaign, said hed like to see a five to ten-point bump. ryan will give energy inside the party, but then whats the next step? >> lets talk about issues that people care about. they care about taxes. they care about the d...

Democratic family. tell us more. >> jana little is the first cousin of the borns of oklahoma. david born, the long-time senator from oklahoma who retired, i believe, in 1992, chairman of the senate intelligence committee, now the president of the university of oklahoma, has been for many years, and his son is the congress member. so they are democrats. and in fact, jana littles sister lives in maryland and paul ryan when hes not sleeping in his office, i know this myself, he has said that he sta...