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Boxing champion muhammad ali might very well be louisville, kentuckys most celebrated native son. but fame and fortune have eluded many of the other would-be or former athletes inside the louisville metro department of corrections jail, including thomas "bam bam" lewis. >> i mean, bam bams a good nickname ive had since i was 12 years old. when i boxed, i mean, it was a good nickname. when i competed in arm wrestling, i mean, i guess its a pretty good nickname to have. well, i dont box anymore. i...

Gilded age, the rich get richer. he wants tax cuts for the rich. and he basically wants to keep down the workers. make shire they cant have unions. thats how he sees the work. they want to get rid of the new deal. they want to get rid of the fair deal. they want to get rid of the great society. they resent everything that has been done that helped the average worker out there or the average person, the average american thats trying to get by. and thats a clear choice. i have never seen a ticket ...

Theres always going to be some truth to that, when they have a native son, but i think as we have been doing in the midwestern states in the last year, we will speak out about workers rights and the choice is clear. we will speak out about health care rights, and the choice is clear. we will speak out about civil rights versus voter suppression, and the choice is clear. so again, i think politics is about choices. and for working americans, whether theyre in a union or not, the choice is clear. ...

We begin this morning with running mates. after a weekend of being side by side, mitt romney and his newly minted vp pick paul ryan will be campaigning solo until the republican convention. the two drew huge crowds last night in ryans home state of wisconsin after making a pit stop in north carolina sunday morning. nbcs claire leka join us us live from washington with the details. >> reporter: good morning, mara. in their first interview together on "60 minutes," mitt romney made it clear he wou...

so lets get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. thats not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didnt consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. thats a lot of paperwork. tha...

>> reporter: but john mccain went on to become the gop nominee. for the democrats, the original iowa upset went to jimmy carter in 1976 when the little known georgia governor made a surprisingly strong finish here, launching his political rise to the white house. >> we need to reorganize completely the executive branch of government. >> reporter: in 1984 walter mondale went from iowa caucus winner to democratic party nominee. in 1988 iowa democrats chose dick gephardt over eventual nominee micha...

Went on to become the gop nominee. for the democrats, the original iowa upset went to jimmy carter in 1976 when the little known georgia governor made a surprisingly strong finish here, launching his political rise to the white house. >> we need to reorganize completely the executive branch of government. >> reporter: in 1984 walter mondale went from iowa caucus winner to democratic party nominee. in 1988 iowa democrats chose dick gephardt over eventual nominee michael dukakis. four years later ...

>> reporter: but john mccain went on to become the gop nominee. for the democrats, the original iowa upset went to jimmy carter in 1976 when the little known georgia governor made a surprisingly strong finish here, launching his political rise to the white house. >> we need to reorganize completely the executive branch of government. >> reporter: in 1984 walter mondale went from iowa caucus winner to democratic party nominee. in 1988 iowa democrats chose dick gephardt over eventual nominee micha...

Mondale went from iowa caucus winner to democratic party nominee. in 1988, iowa democrats chose dick gephardt over eventual nominee michael dukakis and four years later bill clinton was humbled with less than 3% of the caucus vote. native son senator tom harkin won that year. democratic nominee john kerry won the caucuses in 2004. >> thank you, iowa, for making me the comeback kerry. >> reporter: and, more recently, senator barack obama staged a caucus upset that catapulted him to the front of t...

only dreamt about a month ago. >> im asking you to not settle for someone who as your nominee, who might be able to win the election, but the election would be a victory where we wouldnt have a candidate thats elected president who will do whats necessary of what america needs. >> romney, gingrich, perry and bachmann all have campaign events in iowa this hour. well dip in live where and when we can. cnn of course, the place you want to be tomorrow night. we begin getting results from t...