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You dont have the caricature of paul ryan now to talk about. you have to deal with paul ryan. and i very much look forward to that biden/ryan debate. >> well get to that in a money. your first impression, rich lowry, among the high-profile conservatives really putting pressure down the stretch here to pick ryan. >> yeah. i think its a pick that really speaks well for mitt romney. shows he has a good eye for talent. shows he is bolder and more creative than some of us, even supporters of his had ...

Build -- >> bill bennett, let me get you in here. >> its a little more complicated, though. lets bear in mind that you had the ryan rivlin program, bill clintons omb director, they came together on the medicare program. on the premium support proposal of paul ryan hes got an interesting ally in ron widen. well see how much pressure is put on ron widen this way. what ryan says, if you want to save medicare you have to do something. lets be clear, no changes for anybody over 55. people under 55 ca...

Thanks for joining us. from politico. some people thinking this is a good pick, some thinking maybe not such a good pick. what are the arguments on both sides? >> i wont argue that this pick is more of a risk than a reward. look at statements coming out from republicans. theyre all glowing but all general. its that paul ryan is bold, hes courageous, but then they stop short of endorsing the details, sort of the bread and butter of why he was even picked in the first place. look, without the ryan...

There is this new intensity. lets go back to basics here. why did mitt romney make this choice? >> he needed to relaunch his campaign. i think thats clear. he made that decision. if you think about what they thought this race was going to be, you know, stuart stevens, the chief strategist would argue this for months on end, this is going to be about president obama and its going to be a referendum and its going to be about the economy. i think they made the decision that wasnt enough. and what t...

Land of upward mobility where people can make the most of their lives or do we want to go down the path of debt, doubt and despair. >> so, by pickinging ryan, romney made the calculation that he needed someone to fire up conservatives, but more importantly, give his own campaign some definitions. in other words, the ryan pick is a concession that their theory of the case, that the election could be won as a referendum on the president and the struggling economy was not a winning strategy. ryan i...

Announcement, having them go to separate places to try to get better numbers in terms of fund-raising as well as bigger crowds. >> were learning more about the back story. the secrecy behind this pick in the age of a 24-hour news cycle. what have you picked up? >> yeah, reporters are reluctant to acknowledge this, but they outwitted us in the 24-hour news cycle. this twitter news cycle. just to give you a sense, it was a week ago mitt romney offered his choice of paul ryan in person, it would ha...

Ryans budget is that it really does balance the budget on the backs of the middle class and needy. dont take it from me. take it from independent economists who have studies this budget and said that if we enacted the drastic cuts that paul ryan wants to put in place and mitt romney wants to put in place because this is his budget, too, that it would contract the economy. >> democrats have been on offense ever since the paul ryan vp choice became public hoping his budget plan gives the president...

Off. two points. number one, this is not ryan/romney as a ticket. its romney/ryan and the budget will be the romney budget when you have two people come in and the guy in charge decides what his plan is. >> 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 -...

Welcome back to "hardball." well, is it possible that paul ryan really is a unifying force in washington? 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...

Helps romney, i think, going forward. hes way behind in how the press views the republican ticket. >> that is so -- >> help him catch up. >> thats true. >> i accept that completely from your reporting but, i tell you, it can show romney aint that guy. he aint a guy you can talk to. >> and if ryan starts trashing the top of the ticket, that would be a problem. i have no expectation that will happen. >> thank you very much. it might be bottom heavy. anyway, thank you, mark halperin, for that asses...