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Who is more qualified? >> 42% say ryan. 40% say biden. not surprisingly, republicans, romney supporters, say its ryan. obama supporters and democrats say its biden. this is a partisan issue. by the way, paul ryans ratings after being nominated were pretty much the same as bidens and palins from four years ago. it takes a while before we really understand the impact and how people perceive the nominees. >> heather: tax cuts and spending. what do likely voters expect from a second term obama admin...

And over and over again for the truth to sink in. >> tonight, wendell potter on the nonstop romney lies. jonathan alter on the possibility these lies could work. >> the fascination with taxes ive paid i find to be very small minded. >> mitt romney dumps gasoline on his tax return fire. we have an exclusive response from senator harry reid. "the associated press" nails paul ryan on his request for stimulus funds. and ryan pulls a palin to try and dodge the question. >> you had asked for stimulu...

Republican. >> dana: dick cheney in the 2004 re-election had said something like that, imagine, and there would be completely different reaction. any reporter who says differently is not being honest. >> eric: or governor palin. imagine if governor palin said it. >> bob: there were a lot of things that democrats would have said that had the press jump all over it, too. but the point i get back to the banks. he was talking about the banks who should be shackled and they should be shackled hard, b...

Republican. >> dana: dick cheney in the 2004 re-election had said something like that, imagine, and there would be completely different reaction. any reporter who says differently is not being honest. >> eric: or governor palin. imagine if governor palin said it. >> bob: there were a lot of things that democrats would have said that had the press jump all over it, too. but the point i get back to the banks. he was talking about the banks who should be shackled and they should be shackled hard, b...

Other people who didnt do that well as vice-presidential picks including palin and dick cheney and others. the romney camp is saying this is brand new information. a lot of people arent even aware of paul ryan. dont know him yet. do you buy that argument? >> i do. most people dont pay attention. there are a number of people when you polled they dont know who the current vice president, the sitting vice president of the united states is. martha: thats true. >> they dont know who the chairman of t...

The brilliance of the palin pick was the timing coming off the dnc convention, which was a perfect convention in many ways that didnt do the falling apart people thought after the obama/clinton primaries. now president obama gave an extraordinary smeech and then overnight they changed the media discourse, right? so it fell apart, but the truth is had the election been held at the end of september, beginning of october, even with the mccain/palin ticket they might have won. the problem on timing ...

Does romney want that kind of campaign? >> i think he does. >> a very clear campaign? >> a very clear campaign. i think hes going to have to carve a very clear contrast between the presidents record, what the presidents said and what the presidents done. you get that with a portman. you get it with a ryan. i just think all this chatter on the right that we need paul ryan is -- >> lets forget ideology for a second. the knock on portman, i dont know the guy, he doesnt come on this program, but i k...

Among working-class voters where he would like to build up a bigger lead, as a former governor it presents those outside credentials, two governors campaigning together, a long time since thats happened, and i think, you know -- hes a safer pick. in other words, hes going to, you know, reinforce well some of the messages that governor romney is putting forward in the campaign. i think it boils down to that. but i dont think theres a lot of excitement there. i dont think theres the kind of excite...

Chris christie. >> you could make the case for portman based on that as well. >> why? >> knowledge of washington. >> hes been there? >> working with colleagues. i dont know that breaks a partisan impasse but people who have seemed to be capable of doing that. >> romney is now dominating this conversation about who his vp pick will be and were analyzing folks off the chart and back on the chart. this is why this choice is going to be so important. not because of palin but because of all thats hap...

Going to say an awful lot about mitt romney. if he goes with pawlenty or portman, then he is that manager who wants to have the stage to himself. and have a subordinate basically, not that both of these gentlemen arent hugely successful in their own rights. if he does go with a chris christie, its somebody willing to take the chance to do what it takes to win. >> yeah. well learn what kind of a risk taker he is and how comfortable he is. he would be with somebody whos not like him. whos differen...