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Ryan. i know him, i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man, he is a family man, hes an articulate spokesman for governor romneys vision. but its a vision i fundamentally disagree with. >> joining me, msnbc "time" magazine analyst mark halperin. >> we have a presidential system here, not a parliamentary system. i need to walk you through some of this. >> thank you very much. the front page of the "wall street journal" says ryan pick jolts race. for how long will it jolt the rac...

does the tough talk add up? why all the talk about paul ryan as a possible vp for mitt romney. it shows huge interest and tell you why its not going to happen. a developin story in louisiana where the earth is devouring trees stories tall and sending residents running for solid ground. lets go out front. . out front tonight, american loophole. today we got this e-mail. i printed it out. its from the u.s. state department and it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in...

"outfront" tonight, american loophole. today, we got this e-mail. i printed it out, from the u.s. state department. it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. now, at first we thought, hey, this is proof of how tough sanctions really are. theyre going after everybody. after all, heres the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. >> this resolution will put in place the toughest sanc...

Safer. >> panetta said killing osama bin ladin has weakened the terrorist group. in this weeks office politics we talk to mark hall rin, halperin, senior political analyst for "time" and msnbc. and hes author of the book "game change." in part one i asked him about the veep takes and how this factors into mitt romneys pick. >> its great to pick a game-changing pick. its great to pick a pick that can help you win a state or appeal to a constituency, but what really matters is you pick someone w...

Judgment for one thing. >> rush to judgment which of course is what happened. it was a five-day vet of sarah palin. we know the rest is history. but you argue in your piece in new york magazine that romneys choice really is to basically decide whether to win over the base or key constituencies. you come down on the side i think of ron portman, bottom line. >> sorry, andrea. joe klein pointed toult various holes that romney put himself in. he has done damage with hispanics, with women, with indep...

Yourself because it does portray you. it says that for all your talk about putting country first, that your decision to pick sarah palin was pure politics. heres a clip from the show. >> desperately need a game-changing pick. none of these middle-aged white guys are game changers. >> so find me a woman. >> chris: so find me a woman. simple question, senator. did that ever happen? >> of course not. and by the way, i have been told that -- i am portrayed as using an exceeding amount of coarse lang...

Yourself because it does portray you. it says that for all your talk about putting country first, that your decision to pick sarah palin was pure politics. heres a clip from the show. >> desperately need a game-changing pick. none of these middle-aged white guys are game changers. >> so find me a woman. >> chris: so find me a woman. simple question, senator. did that ever happen? >> of course not. and by the way, i have been told that -- i am portrayed as using an exceeding amount of coarse lang...

Not about palin but about yourself because it portrays you in the movie. it says for all your talk about putting country first that your decision to pick sarah palin was pure politics and here is a clip from the show. >> he desperately needed a game-changing pick. none of these white guys are game-changers. >> so find me a woman. >> chris: so find me a woman. simple question, senator. did that happen? >> of course not, and by the way, ive been told that im portrayed as using an exceeding amount ...

Yourself because it does portray you. it says that for all your talk about putting country first, that your decision to pick sarah palin was pure politics. heres a clip from the show. >> desperately need a game-changing pick. none of these middle-aged white guys are game changers. >> so find me a woman. >> chris: so find me a woman. simple question, senator. did that ever happen? >> of course not. and by the way, i have been told that -- i am portrayed as using an exceeding amount of coarse lang...

Would have been shocked because the man, you didnt think there were people more boring than mitt romney but tim pawlenty did hit that note. that might be what they want. listen, hes a perfectly capable guy. he has a resume that is, you know, he was two-term governor, he can bring that to the table, and they dont want -- from all i can tell, they dont want to have some sort of massive game-changing pick. they want to do something very close to the vest and there are few people who do that better ...