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Again, hell probably have to wash the stench of romney off of him. the stench of romney. >> yeah. i mean, that -- those are harsh words. and i think a lot of republicans, tea party folks particularly, feel that way. feel like mitt romney has watered down the paul ryan that they have come to love and respect and think of him as very much the standard bearer of the future of the republican party. i think everyone is on the lookout to see ryan go his own way sort of the way that weve seen sarah pal...

Romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. thank you. >> wow. you know things are bad when a nominee has to remind people hes the one on the top of the ticket. suddenly, this reunion is not feeling so good. joining me now is nia-malika henderson, a reporter for "the washington post," and ryan grim, reporter for "the huffington post." thanks for being here. >> great to be here, rev. >> nia, ive been around politics since i was a teenager, ive never seen anything that bad where the nomine...

Are asking to contribute to finance this strategy. >> exactly. and what you see happening here is today people have lined up to take one big whack at him after another. and whatever hes been saying, trying to backtrack or i think theres been some very fancy tap dancing going on but the fact remains, hes on the defense once again. any day hes on the defensive is not a bad day for him. hes not doing well enough to coast. hes had to spend his day doing damage control. >> damage he caused. ryan, whe...

So -- and by the way, when you say to them, do you think barack obama is a fair, they will overwhelmingly say no. they like him, but when you say, are you disappointed in his policies, they say yes. and because they voted for him, they dont want to be told that they were wrong. that hes a bad guy. that he does bad things, that hes corrupt. >> that hes corrupt. new tapes released today. these are tapes we have not seen before, ryan. he also went on to talk about how hes going to be vilified. watc...

Huffington post". he did some of the first reporting on the secret tapes and michelle carter of the washington news beat. ryan, what do you think of romneys new spin today on these videotapes? >> well, the spin is almost more damaging than the original clips. lets go back to what he told neil kavudo. he said people who dont pay taxes, lets pretend there are all these people who dont pay taxes, they wont benefit from tax cut and therefore they wont listen to my argument. thats him admitting trick...

Agreed to that deal -- >> i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it, i think it was a mistake forp republicans to go along with it. >> congressman paul ryan is channeling his inner mitt romney and parsing his position saying he supported the plan to make the cuts but not the actual cuts themselves. >> i voted for a mechanism that says the sequester will occur if we dont cut $1.2 trillion of spending in government. we offered $1.2 trillion in various -- the super com...

>> he should. if he can get her and a whole bunch of other women agencies 350 to 50, he will be the next vice president of the united states. >> i was just going to say, joe the biker, picture, and the joe the pizzeria owner lift of president obama, these help with the obama/biden tickets worst demographic, killed with white men. if they can erode romneys lead a little bit among white men and a picture is better than a thousand words. >> yes. >> you know, they can win this election. >> i just li...

The same talking points over and over? >> they think they can do it for two months. you know, a couple months ago nobody thought that romney could keep his tax returns secret all the way through the auelection. hell take this beating for a week or so and release them. he hasnt. this is a long list of things that either ryan, mitt or ann romney dont want to talk about. ann refused to talk about birth control, gay marriage. romney has said that inequality should be talked about in quiet rooms. he ...

Taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. >> number cruncher congressman paul ryan was equally unable to list a single loop hole the romney/ryan tax plan would close. >> its difficult to accept your word if youre not going to specify which tax loop hoholes youre willing to close. dont voters have a right to know which loop holes youre going to go after? >> mitt romney and i based on our experience think the best way to do this is show the framework, outlines of the plan and work with ...

He cant tell the truth he doesnt look smart. he looks like somebodys whos fumbling and trying to think of a talking point to keep from giving george stef nop his a specific example hes looking for. >> the problem with this is you mentioned the tax returns. it all becomes a repeat in the publics mind when theyre not paying very close attention but they get the sense that romney and ryan are hiding something. that is very harmful in a presidential campaign, no matter what it is youre hiding. they ...