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And medicare and medicaid, women really have almost nowhere to go. thats exactly what women are going to understand as they take a careful look at what this guy is proposing and thats why theyre going to lose that election. >> terry oneil, national organization for women. thanks for joining us. a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." stay with us. you cant lift people out of poverty if you dont have a growing economy. >> theres a new republican leader in the partys war o...

I mean, the left and the right both reacted to a selection of what seemed like equal excitement over the weekend. obviously one side celebrating a little too soon here. one thing seems clear, ryans pick is a game changing moment in the campaign so far. romney went for a selection that would change things up, redefine his narrative after weeks of bad headlines everything from bain and his tax returns he wont show us to his overseas trip which was a flop and romney decided playing it safe wasnt an...

>> thats what i said when i started the show. hes skipping away from what he said on saturday which on saturday he just loved the ryan plan. by sunday night on "60 minutes" -- >> he loved ryan. he loves ryan. what he loves is he also spent a lot of time putting his budget together. but i think -- >> he picks out the stuff he likes in ryan and skips away from the stuff that might actually show some spine. go ahead. >> let me do the medicare and if we have time ill show you why youre wrong on that...

The depth of knowledge as the professor here, saying that were going to cut all these loopholes and lower your tax rate, theres something that just doesnt pass the smell test there, right? >> no, it doesnt and of course, the thing that they dont talk about or they talk about it as though its a good thing, shutting down all the government things they consider sue per flous. like medicare and medicaid and just focus on social security and defense. the reason they dont talk about those is because i...

E iowa holds great significance here for president obama. it launched his campaign back in 2008. hes hoping to hold on to tl by targeting independents. they say they should add seniors to that list. they make up about 14% of iowas population and may be back in play now in a very big way, in part because of the ryan pick. as you know, polls show that ryans medicare plan is not incredibly popular with seniors right now. >> nbcs kristen welker with president obama in iowa. >> meanwhile, take a list...

Unfavorability and favorability. it shows that 38% have a favorable impression, and 43, unfavorable. also, 45% think that the ryan pick is a fair or poor choice and 39% say excellent or pretty good. however, that no opinion space seems to be trending in a positive fashion. whats your thought? >> frankly, i would ignore those polls right now. most of the public doesnt know. paul ryan is being defined as we speak. a week be from now, ten days from now, it will make a difference the the more intere...

Youre opposed to equal pay, and you want to gut social security and medicare and medicaid, women really have almost nowhere to go. thats exactly what women are going to understand as they take a careful look at what this guy is proposing and thats why theyre going to lose that election. >> terry oneil, national organization for women. thanks for joining us. a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." stay with us. you cant lift people out of poverty if you dont have a growin...

You know, when you deprive women as a class of access to the health care they need most, and youre opposed to equal pay, and you want to gut social security and medicare and medicaid, women really have almost nowhere to go. thats exactly what women are going to understand as they take a careful look at what this guy is proposing and thats why theyre going to lose that election. >> terry oneill, national organization for women, thanks for joining us. a lot more coming up in the next half hour o...

Or actually, ryan reinforces that narrative. he doesnt break it down. so for democrats i think that is a good thing. the other thing i would sway really quickly demographically, if youre trying it figure out how to win elections, chosen rubio, i would have been less pleased. if they had chosen christie, i would have been less pleased. ryan does not help you with a single demographic that the republicans werent supposed to win before the ryan pick. jon: lets talk about that, chip. you say that hi...

Pick and you have seen them go out. they have been talking about some of mr. ryans idea of entitlement reform, about tax reform. theyre not hiding from the fact that this is what he has run on in his own life up until now. they seem to be not shying from the fact that democrats are going to hit them on this again and again, particularly on medicare. jenna: in your columns youve been complimentary of paul ryan and this pick as well. what do you think is paul ryans biggest vulnerability? >> well, ...