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Im only the man of the hour if this is true, right? >> proves faulty, but continue on, my friend. >> were fairly certain this is going to happen tomorrow. our reporting indicates that, other news organizations have said that. look, jack lew fits a pattern, the whole process every time hes had an opening, that is he has this sort of internal candidate, then they cast out wide, think, oh, gee, who else might we want to think about, they reached out to the ceo of american express and the president ...

That this is going to be the focus of his fall campaign, a reformed conservatism aimed at getting the countrys fiscal house in order. paul ryan will be an excellent partner for governor romney in this effort. martha:ed rollins is former deputy chief of staff for president reagan and managed his campaign for re-election in 1984 and held major roles in nine other campaigns and we are glad he is a fox news contributor. this took a lot of people by surprise. the thing is that portman or pawlenty wou...

Going to have the confidence. we talked about this before. i felt like, you know, there are some guys who dont want to date a really hot girl because they dont want to be threatened, they dont want her to get too much attention. >> i dont know any guys like that. >> i worry that mitt romney might make a pick based on insecurity and an insecure pick would be a safe pick like rob portman or a gimmicky pick, chris christie. i thought the only confident pick was paul ryan. hes got a national cachet ...

Does paul ryan bring in the way of energizing aside from the fact that he has bona fide conservative chops that maybe the governor from massachusetts didnt have? >> for one thing he is very exciting. obviously a much younger candidate. several years younger than the president. he is only 42. and so in some respects republicans think here that they can narrow the gap with obama on the younger demographic, the 1 18 to 29-year-old vote that is so important that helped president obama over the edge ...

Spending cuts, entitlement reforms and cleaning up this tax code. getting red of the job killing red tape. having energy policy he has been more specific on these things than any other person running for president in my opinion. thats the kind of li we need. >> the decision to pick paul ryan as a safe pick or daring one. joining us on the phone is chris, good morning to you, chris. >> good morning to you. this leans toward the bold rather than bland and mild. what the is biggest risk when it com...

Covering this announcement tomorrow, the sunday shows. this will be driving the news toward next week. it changed the discussion from a bizarre week where romney was accused of murdering someone back to the real issues and the fundamental question is, whats the size and whats the scope and whats the role of government? it couldnt be more different when you look at these two ticket. >> certainly seems there is a lot of enthusiasm now injected back into the romney campaign. the people feel he will...

And there is senator the of ohio also a good choice. >> and there is ohio the winner of every presidential election since 1960. other thing is that its steady. and the bush administration he is considered the safest pick. and right. we talk about safety. rob portman, safe pick. and do you see it like that? >> well, you know look there is a lot of democrat say theyre just licking their chops on paul ryans budget but they were going to do that regardless.

Lot of conservatives were highly critical of the bush administration for that. but portman was seen as a safe pick. somebody who knows the ways of washington and ways of the senate and former congressman as well and all important ohio. there was a lot of talk he was the lead finalist as you move down the stretch because he could reinforce governor romney while still doing no harm. with the ryan pick, we can safely say mitt romney felt he neededed to go a bit bolder and bigger. >> i now you have ...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, hes seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be...

romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, heres a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio dont go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. thats where hes kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the tic...