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When he made his whole point about bipartisanship. also he had to tackle the big issue of whether the americans and the country are better off than four years ago. how did he delve into that last night? >> rob, he asked that question directly. before he answered it, he let the crowd answer it. everybody started cheering. are you better off today than four years ago? they went nuts. a resounding yes. he went through bullet points of the policy issues. president obama invested in america, infrastr...

There was so much biography and discussion of other things that he didnt really focus on policy issues except at the end, almost as an afterthought and we listed the five priorities. he didnt defend his tax plan or tax reform or make a class against class warfare. next week in charlotte youre going to see the democrats run through that hole and they did not innoculate him selves on that. >> yeah, paul, not only that, but next week in charlotte, president obama is going to give his acceptance spe...

>> ezra, john heilman speaking from one perspective as far as the narrative here. the substance, the fact he gets an "f" on a lot of important policy issues. what did you make of paul ryans address last night? >> i want to be careful in how i phrase this because i think its an important point. >> i appreciate the long sigh. >> weve done something very dangerous in media and in politics more generally. and we have created this line where we can say over here is politics and politics is about mess...

To share your feelings. they changed me in a good way. >> romney discuss difficult policy issues and i asked if she advised him when it came to breaches differences on issues like unemployment, taxes and abortion. >> well, you know, i cant help myself. poor mitt. he is getting advice from everybody and used to getting it from me. but really with policy, i stay clear. the way i try to help him is maybe by approaching it or saying it in a different way or something like that. he is very clear on t...

Imagine being used against anybody else. that lace the ground for the policy issues. hes the guy that doesnt care, now hes the one with policies that dont care. i think that is the obama argument. you can win the case by saying, your policies will save medicare, save granny, save the poor, have a safety net but you have to get through the personal part and undue the impressions left by all that negative advertising. that is the task at the convention. and i think he can begin to do it thursday n...

And the first ladys senior political adviser and hillary clinton. and they were meeting about policy issues, but the vice presidency came up. the subject came up and hillary made it very plain that she was not interested in running as his number 2 on the ticket. >> shannon: is it true that you also say former president bill clinton wanted her to consider taking on that number-twenty2 pn from biden? >> according to my sources, bill clinton has been thinking about there for the last year and-a-hal...

Conservative ideas, especially with the budget. but can pea he peel off any democratic votes. chris von hallen knows paul ryan. they worked together on the budget committee. congressman, nice to see you, sir. >> good to be back. >> greta: i know you have very deep divisions with the republican party and with congressman ryan as well. you were the romping member of the house budget committee, is that right? >> thats right. >> greta: before we get into the weeds of the differences, i am curious, h...

With the budget. but can pea he peel off anyic v. chris von hallen knows paul ryan. they worked together on the budget committee. congressman, nice to see you, sir. >> good to be back. >> greta: i know you have very deep divisions with the republican party and with congressman ryan as well. you were the romping member of the house budget committee, is that right? >> thats right. >> greta: before we get into the weeds of the differences, i am curious, have you worked with him closely. is he a man...

Pretty overwhelmingly, but were going to keep talking about the policy issues. >> kristen welker is live at the white house. that was some, seemed like jay was having a little fun with that. do i detect a little swagger from the white house? >> reporter: i think thats absolutely right. good afternoon to you, karen. a little bit of swagger coming from jay carney, pointing to the fact that at least on the campaign trail, president obama accord tog carney, has been focused on some of those bigger p...

Two men? >> we spent about five days on the road, five, 14-hour or so days and in between those stops driving from appleton to green bay and to milwaukee, we got to know each other. we conversed on policy issues and where to take the country. we started sharing the microphones and they were developed a chemistry with one another. >> reporter: you can see the interview on tonights special report with brett bier. an aid to ryan also told reporters that this interview will show that the romney-ryan...