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0 taxes. paul ryan, mitt romneys running mate in 2010 at the chamber of commerce said this about the cayman islands. lets hear it. >> we dont want to have a situation where were penalizing businesses for keeping their money, their capital and headquarters and manufacturing facilities in america. so then rather than having ireland and the kay maine islands be the place you hide your money, why dont we make it america? >> ryan is making part of a larger argument bringing money back to the u.s., bu...

0 been since weve seen them on the road together. because a lot of people do say that paul ryan brings out the best in mitt romney when theyre on the trail. >> reporter: absolutely. that a lot of folks are starting to beat that drum. good morning. the last time they were together was in florida on september 1st. as you mentioned, tomorrow they will be on the second day of this bus tour down in and around the cincinnati area and in and around the dayton area. paul ryan kicks it off solo today her...

around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romneys bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his returns since 1990. the 2011 returns show the governor paid 14.1% in taxes, on over $13 million of investment income. president obamas campaign is already bringing romneys taxes back to the forefront releasing this ad in ohio today...

>> no, i cant? >> no, i cant? >> today mitt romney and running mate paul ryan will kick off a three-day bus tour through ohio as party insiders call for the romney campaign to let ryan be ryan. >> weve seen republican conservatives across the board criticizing the romney campaign and wanting ryan to have a stronger voice. >> i mean, for crying out loud, weve got paul ryan on the ticket. there cant be anything more specific than a budget that we passed to get hold of the ten-year debt w...

to coast along the coast of libya as the hunt continues for killers of four americans. president obama vowing justice and continuing search for the murderers and their motive. >> as for the ones we lost last night, i want to assure you we will bring their killers to justice. >> meanwhile mitt romney will hold a campaign event in virginia within the hour still causing a stir after doubling down on his criticism of president obama as an poll guest in chief. politicians here and home and ...

back in the white house? the price of politics. a new bob woodward bombshell alleging infighting. obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? and next year begins now for the 32 nfl teams looking to take home the lombardi trophy. and what better way to kick off the nfl season ...

That is not a smart political strategy. obviously hes going to talk about hes a budgets guy, he will talk about the need to tackle the deficit. i wouldnt be surprised if he talked about how things got away in the bush years. i think thats a way to pivot off of both bush himself and to create distance between the romney and bush ticket, even if its insincere, knowing paul ryans voting record. but i was told that hes going to probably give a nod to foreign policy which is one of his weak parts bec...

Sacred rights and blessings in america, the right to vote. and what happened? president obama stopped us. >> sudafed, catching a flight and voting. eric bates? >> that argument would hold water if in the voting booth there were addictive drugs or terrorists. as far as im aware, there arent either and neither are there real problems so it doesnt make any sense. voter fraud is not an issue. all the studies have shown far more likely to be hit by lightning than to experience any kind of voter fraud...

The levee system is working. they spent $14 billion upgrading it after katrina. there has been localized flooding, loss of power in new orleans. there are problems, however, with levees in plaquemines parish. those are earthen levees, nothing like the concrete ones here. some of them have been overtopped, meaning the storm surge was above the level of those levees, leaving some homes in nine feet of water, a number of people needed rescue. the storm right now, about 40 miles from new orleans. it...

Romneys absence from the other headline speeches. it took new hampshire senator kelly ayotte nearly five minutes into an eight-minute speech to get to mitt romney. south carolina governor nicki haley spoke about voter i.d. laws and fighting unions but didnt mention the nominee until six minutes into her ten-minute speech. while governor kasich touted his record in ohio, he only got around to romney halfway through his remarks. rick santorum attacked the presidents welfare plans with a selection ...