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Immediate impact. >> besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virgin...

Immediate impact. >> besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virgin...

Comparisons he might see. some call both choices bold ones. mccain with nothing but praise for the congressman. >> i think in this case it was also a bold choice. many people thought that other people being considered might bring home those states into the romney column. i think this is a bold choice as well and i think it is a good matchup because of paul ryans ability to carry a romney agenda through the congress of the united states. >> harris: meanwhile, president obama commenting on the cho...

Wisconsin and ohio. and iowa. the heartland. i think youd see time spent from romney and potentially ryan in that part of the country. and that would be the focus. it would be less of a feekus on states like new mexico and nevada because remember if he picks ryan hes not picking marco rubio. a pick that would probably play very well with hispanics. the ryan pick has its benefits but doesnt bring much on hispanic vote but it probably brings some of the states like wisconsin and other neighboring ...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, hes seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be...

But puts wisconsin in play especially if you have congressman ryan on the ticket which is possible. i think obamas people are putting more states on the board for mitt romney right now and that is good tore him. in the electoral college you have to get to 270. there is 14 or 15 states on the tossup column. the race is always about getting the states in your column as quickly as possible. right now, obama is putting states that should be democrat into the tossup column or the romney column. >> ch...

But puts wisconsin in play especially if you have congressman ryan on the ticket which is possible. i think obamas people are putting more states on the board for mitt romney right now and that is good tore him. in the electoral college you have to get to 270. there is 14 or 15 states on the tossup column. the race is always about getting the states in your column as quickly as possible. right now, obama is putting states that should be democrat into the tossup column or the romney column. >> ch...

We which is possible, and wisconsin becomes a play in november, and i think obamas people are putting more states on the board for romney. you have to get 270 for electoral and the race, there are 14 or 15 states that are toss up and the rate is about getting those states in your column as quickly as possible and right now obama is putting states that should be democrat into the toss up column or the romney column. >>chris: thank you, panel, see you next week. check out panel plus where our grou...

today wisconsin is a fall preview. >> they look at wisconsin, and they see americas battleground between people who want to work together to solve problems and penal who want to divide and conquer. >> democratic challenger and milwaukee mayor tom barrett on his bid to oust the republican governor in a recall race. then battleground politics with virginia republican governor bob mcdonald, u.s. jobs and the bloodshed in syria. plus, unemployment is up, the dow is down, and the presidenti...

Northeast and florida in the south. >> there is 16 states widely seen, none are in the south. >> will you help me become the next president of the united states? >> analysts placed 22 states in the romney column, including some, like indiana that the obama biden ticket carried in 2008. >> republicans have to recapture three states have that been republican. indiana and virginia. and north carolina which voted for democrat in 1976. 39 electoral college votes shifted 78 in the electoral college. >...