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He knows about ezra, of course is a policy guy. so he was looking at this through a policy lens. and the data it turns out, some of it is what you might suspect. but some of it really isnt. for example, we all know that there are a lot of mass killings in the united states. gun violence where multiple people are killed by the same assailant. this year alone before what happen today in connecticut, five people were killed in an atlanta suburb in february. a student shot up his high school cafeter...

And what seem to be policies that might relate to them as a social problem. ezra, of course is a policy guy. so he was looking at this through a policy lens. and the data it turns out, some of it is what you might suspect. but some of it really isnt. for example, we all know that there are a lot of mass killings in the united states. gun violence where multiple people are killed by the same assailant. this year alone before what happen today in connecticut, five people were killed in an atlanta ...

But, dad, youve got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates wont go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? another question about a fire brand in his party. the man who ran for vice president, paul ryan. >> congressman paul ryan, is he the leader of the republican party now? >> i wouldnt think so. paul ryan is a policy guy. >> i wouldnt think so. john boehner laughing in the face that the leade...

Its kind of like drinking a food thats a drink, or a drink thats a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. couldve had a v8. another question about a fire brand in his party. the man who ran for vice president, paul ryan. >> congressman paul ryan, is he the leader of the republican party now? >> i wouldnt think so. paul ryan is a policy guy. >> i wouldnt think so. john boehner laughing in the face that the leader of the republican party from here on out might...

Health care. voters are taking that election seriously and i think the president made very clear that were rebounding from a recession, making progress. but theres more progress to be made and if we go back to trickle down economics, which is all romneys offering, that the middle class will be harmed. >> one last question for you. i realize you are a policy guy as much as a candidate guy. but i have to ask you to be candid on this. was there a deliberate strategy to tell the president to not att...

So our strategy here was not zingers necessarily. were confident everybody in the country that will vote in this election and those that wont understand romneys 47% comment and more importantly, why its important. our strategy was the president wanted to tell the american people, heres my jobs plan. focus on manufacturing and energy. on education, on the right way to fix the deficit. romneys approach is the wrong approach. taxes, on deficit, on wall street reform and medicare on mk. and we think...

About the blood amendment. you recall his first response to the blunt amendment was i would never be in favor of that. i think cantor and boehner and those guys got to him. and the next day he was all for the blunt amendment. he had a chance to carve out some relationship with women by saying the blunt amendment is abusive, and im against it. and what were conservatives going to do, vote for barack obama? he had so many chances during the campaign to carve out his own identity, which i think is ...

I want to play a piece of sound from mitt romney speaking on "60 minutes" about his thus far unknown love of policy. lets hear that. >> hes a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. thats one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. im a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. >> ezra, mitt romney loves policy. are we actually going to see policy as outlined by team romney? >> yeah. i mean, i want to say to mitt romneys credit, in h...

>> boy were they amazing. >> welcome to "early start," im zoraida sambolin. >> and im john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what were all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says hes happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on "60 minutes," romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like h...

Washington bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel. this morning he writes mitt romney has gone bold by choosing paul ryan as his running mate. craig has covered paul ryan for many years. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> craig, lets start with this. you wrote recently, quote, you say, i, that, ryan said this, i hadnt planned on becoming a really high profile, well-known person. it wasnt really my thinking. you know me, im a policy guy. this is what he told you, end quote. talk ab...