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a running mate? how often does a presidential candidate choose his partys leading policy guy? which is precisely what paul ryan is. candidates rarely choose anyone like paul ryan to run with, much less anyone whose big policy claim to fame involves a hot button, third rail, death if you touch it program like medicare. yep, that is one of paul ryans big policy ideas. dramatically changing medicare. and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got th...

how often does a presidential candidate choose his partys leading policy guy? which is precisely what paul ryan is. candidates rarely choose anyone like paul ryan to run with, much less anyone whose big policy claim to fame involves a hot button, third rail, death if you touch it program like medicare. yep, that is one of paul ryans big policy ideas. dramatically changing medicare. and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got the makings of a b...

dramatically changing medicare. and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got the makings of a battle royale. especially in swing states like iowa. which is where congressman ryan was today. and so was president obama. >> i know congressman ryan. hes a good man. hes a family man. he is an articulate -- he is an articulate spokesman for governor romneys vision. but the problem is that vision is one i fundamentally disagree with. >> president obam...

leading policy guy? which is precisely what paul ryan is. candidates rarely choose anyone like paul ryan to run with, much less anyone whose big policy claim to fame involves a hot button, third rail, death if you touch it program like medicare. yep, that is one of paul ryans big policy ideas. dramatically changing medicare. and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got the makings of a battle royale. especially in swing states like iowa. which ...

candidates rarely choose anyone like paul ryan to run with, much less anyone whose big policy claim to fame involves a hot button, third rail, death if you touch it program like medicare. yep, that is one of paul ryans big policy ideas. dramatically changing medicare. and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got the makings of a battle royale. especially in swing states like iowa. which is where congressman ryan was today. and so was president ...

and running against paul ryans plan is central to the democrats campaign. so youve got the makings of a battle royale. especially in swing states like iowa. which is where congressman ryan was today. and so was president obama. >> i know congressman ryan. hes a good man. hes a family man. he is an articulate -- he is an articulate spokesman for governor romneys vision. but the problem is that vision is one i fundamentally disagree with. >> president obama alluded to in iowa, his campai...

pick by mitt romney that shows he agrees with some of the critics up to now that have said that romney thought he could run a campaign based solely on the obama e kconomy? >> well, i think that a lot of us and many of us who support governor romney believe that this is a referendum on the obama economy, and the obama economy, and again to be fair to the. president, he inherited a bad economy, but after three-and-a-half years of his policies, it is much, much worse. we have 23 million a...

care overhaul and arizonas immigration law are at the top of the list of undecided cases. today is the courts last scheduled meeting until the fall but it is unlikely to be the final session. additional dates can be announce ed for later this week. were going to be talking about what a decision might mean for politics and for business throughout the morning. coming up at 6:30 eastern we have a congressman from each side of the aisle. them at 7:40 eastern time we have dr. ezekiel emanue...

lot of pressure on the tea party conservatives to go ahead and fall into line and vote for this, because the worst thing that could happen for republicans would be to put out this plan and have it be scuttled by conservatives. >> rosalyn helderman is joining us from the "washington post" newsroom. her piece is available online. thank you very much for being was. >> thank you very much for having me. >> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. we want to go back to another issue that...

but its first year in the sig program roosevelt has had a 14% jump in its four-year graduation rate. attendance is up. test scores are up. and discipline issues are down. but just as telling, just as important, roosevelts educators have fostered a new belief among students about whats possible for them. the arts, for example, are thriving. so is the schools drama program. last summer, the students performed a play at the international thespian festival in nebraska. that was a first for...