with. and whether now is the time for, this democrats say now is not the time for this. this message is out of date. it is out of sync. what do you think? i don t think the message is out of date. whether it is the time that s up for the voters to decide. people deserve the governments they get. if they want another four years of obama, god bless them. frankly i don t want another four years, but we ll see what the voters choose. the tax cut part of this, by picking ryan the argument could be made and i know you made that he is serious, that is mitt romney, about addressing big government and about getting more money into the hands of the people. the argument against doing that right now is he is in a bit more of a box than ronald reagan was then given these exploding deficits. if ronald reagan were to come back 31 years ago today the options wouldn t be as much on
with energy and vision, paul ryan has become an intellectual leader of the republican party. he understands the fiscal challenges facing america, our exploding deficits and crushing debt and the fiscal catastrophe that awaits us if we don t change course. he combines a profound sense of responsibility from what we owe the next generation with an unbounded optimism in america s future and an understanding of all the wonderful things the american people can do. paul also combines firm principles with a practical concern for getting things done. he neefrs been content to simply curse the darkness. he d rather light candles. and throughout his legislative career he s shown the ability to work with members of both parties to find common ground on some of the common issues
twitter at sanjay gupta cnn. time now to get you a check of your top stories in the cnn newsroom. here in the cnn newsroom i m debra feyerick in today for don lemon. let s get you up to speed on the stories making headlines this hour. there he is. the republican candidate for vice president of the united states. mitt romney announced today wisconsin congressman paul ryan running along side him for the white house. the two are making their next official stop as ticket mates right now in virginia. we re live from manassas in just a minute. a few hours ago president obama landed in chicago to host a series of high dollar fundraisers. ticket price $40,000 to attend the president s fundraiser tomorrow at his hyde park home. the president s campaign took a quick jab at paul ryan today saying ryan supports tax cuts for the wealthy that will hurt the middle class. meanwhile, vice president joe biden called ryan today to congratulate him and welcome him to the race. for the second t
exploding definite silts and crushing debt and the disaster that awaits us if we don t change course. he combines a profound sense of responsibility for what we owe the next generation with an unbounded optimism in america s future and understanding of all the wonderful things the american people can do. i worked closely with republicans as well as democrats to advance an agenda of economic growth and job creation. i m proud to stand with a man who understands what it takes to foster job creation in our economy. someone who knows from experience that if you have a small business, you did build that. after that rally, ryan and romney boarded their bus and headed to ashland, virginia, for an afternoon rally. as cnn s political reporter jim acosta arrives, he joins us by phone. what does the romney camp think he will bring to the ticket? reporter: i just got an e-mail from a senior romney advisor, fredricka, who e-mailed me some guidance as to what the thinking was for mit
unfavorability. right. and this is a potentially important role from this standpoint too. it is important for the obama campaign to remind people of what he enheritied. it is important to remember the melt down in 2008. to remember the exploding deficits and spending under bush, what the tax cuts did. but there is a sense that if obama is out there directly making that case himself, it looks like he is the guy blaming the predecessor, that can come across the wrong way to people. but if you have bill clinton out there, i can t think after better person, you know, he is basically as prominent as barack obama is, and not only can he defend the obama record, remind people about bush, but also protecting his own legacy there to a certain point. because like he said in that clip, when he left office this country was on course to wipe out deficits and look where they ended up eight years later. that s true, but tad, just bill clinton walking out on stage reminds people of the clinton y