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hard core fiscal conservative it could dramatically reshape the race. well tell you how and find out why some are calling romneys choice a big gamble. first now the actual moment when mitt romney revealed his vice presidential pick. it happened two hours ago in norfolk, virginia, the starting point of a four-day, four-state bus tour for the new ryan/romney team. the presumptive republican nominee announced his choice on the uss wisconsin a retired battleship thats now a museum. he ca...

unite and uplift america. it was a patriotic setting to be sure for what many consider to be a bold announcement in front of the old battleship, the uss wisconsin. named after ryans home state. but it began with a glitch of sorts. mitt romney mistakenly introducing ryan as the next president of the united states. he later corrected whhimself an he joked about it. listen to this. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states, paul ryan. every now and then, im known to ...

Over the country republicans are galvanizing behind the possibility of a ryan pick, however, until such time it is confirmed by the campaign, we wont know until tomorrow morning. >> and carl, youre so in the thick of this and ryan has been called a risky pick. you talked about that. talk about timing. here we are still, you know a few weeks out from the convention. and conventional wisdom maybe hes going to ride this wave out a little bit more and what do you think about the timing of this? >> r...

Not the economy. so far ryan has not produced much of a bounce for romney, at least according to gallup. before the ryan pick was announced it had romney and obama nearly dead even, 46%, 45%. those numbers virtually the same, 47%, 45% after the announcement. one of the only national polls thats had romney up. weve had that gap lup debate before on this show. but what you do want to do is compare apples to apples and in the gap lup situation thats what were doing. medicare is foot it the democ-- ...

Carolina earlier this week, what struck me was the democratic elation that ryan was on the ticket, and the feeling among the politicians i talked to was that they can make, the democrats can now make the ryan plan a central issue in the campaign, particularly the premium support or voucherization of medicare, which will make many senior citizens very uncomfortable, because even though the ryan and romney say we dont really -- it doesnt start for people except for people under 55, the fact theyre...

Overwhelming, that they would fire up the base to the point where they could lead this conversation, and it would be a conversation connecting deficit cutting with creating jobs. and thats obviously not where were at. because weve never got beyond the scary parts of the ryan budget, and the fact that actually it doesnt really balance the budget, at least not for 30 years or more. so theres a problem here with choosing someone who isnt clearly ready to step up to the number one job. thats really ...

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>> mitt romney goes hard right with a guy who says progressivism is a cancer on america. >> what i have been trying to do is indict the entire vision of progressivism. >> its a cancer. >> exactly. >> tonight, john nichols of the nation magazine tells us exactly who paul ryan is. joan walsh and e.j. dionne on the presidents counterpunch today on the campaign trail. nows terry oneal on what romney/ryan means for women. james hoffa of the teamsters and larry cohen of the cwa on what the ryan pick m...

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