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Long, within hours the republican presidential candidate, mitt romney naming wisconsin congressman paul ryan, and his running mate so-called g.o.p. professionals, began a fret over the choice, according to the beltway website, political reaction, from republican strategist and campaign options from gnawing apprehension to hair on fire anger. former george bush advisor, was one of the few to go on the record and i think its a bold choice and interesting pick, thats going to elevate the campaign i...

We can continue on this path and bank rupt the country, or we can -- bankrupt the country, or we can make a change. and i am supportive of making a change. >> i know where your biases lie and i will get into this into greater detail, but if you think about the heat that ryan is taking, we are essentially trying to slow the train and there is a risk derailing the entire romney campaign. thats the reaction you get. >> i think the ryan pick has really focused the campaign. you are now talking about...

Politically? do his views on the budget and medicare make the pick higher risk than reward? weve got it covered from both sides. two top republicans who know him well. the chairman of the republican party reince priebus. and the governor of ryans home state of wisconsin, scott walker. plus, the man whose job it is to help president obama defeat the romney/ryan ticket, chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod. and finally, full analysis on what this all means for the remaining 86 da...

Specific, i dont walk to talk about big broad sweeping themes. and not giving them anything that might muck it up. i think we would have had rob portman or tim pawlenty a month or six weeks ago but mitt romney looked up and said the economy is two, three, points behind, its not getting me behind or ahead. i need something else. >> i absolutely agree with that. i think the interesting thing here is elections are all about framing. in 2010 republicans were able to frame the debate right around def...

Plan and obviously theres an opening about that. i would caution democrats about being too confident about this pick because i think there are pitfalls but i think this is romney capitulating. >> i love this pick for two reasons. you know, for one i love the theater of politics and this takes us from what we had, a very small election that seemed very petty to something about a discussion of big ideas. i like that. i also love that these ideas are kind of crazy. krugman calls him sloppy and done...

Folks, mr. romney might be unwilling to say exactly what he thinks about the ryan plan but vice president biden certainly isnt. >> i dont get whats gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break. i dont get whats gutsy. i dont get whats gutsy about gutting med care and education to pay important those things. heres not new. thats not new. thats not new. it is not only not new, it is not fair. it is not fair to the middle class. it is not fair to the working poor and it will not grow this econ...