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Thinks he can win on medicare. that was one of the things i wanted to ask paul ryan about. when i asked do you think you can win on this issue? his answer was absolutely, and then he launched into some of the things you heard your previous guest just say. >> i heard earlier that he doesnt feel this is a third rail issue. but for all i know it can be a treasury or commerce secretary. the first guy from fast-food who would have that honor. i just wanted you to know that. if he can reverse this not...

it was eight days, nine days ago we were discussing paul ryan, the article in "the new yorker" called fuss budget. did you know then he was actually on the fast track to be a pick for the vp? >> no, we barely talked about it in my interview. the reason i wrote the piece, i wanted to think about what is romney going so do if he wins. if you want to understand what republicans will do if they gain the white house, paul ryan is the guy to understand. it was his policy agenda that you knew...

im suzanne malveaux and this hour in "cnn newsroom," we are focusing on paul ryan, mitt romneys choice for vice president. i want to get right to it. paul ryan campaigns today as the number two man on the republican ticket and the man with the plan to remake medicare and medicaid and other programs. critics say it is a plan that will make things worse for the poor and the middle-class. we will also tell you about ryans personal story and his personal experience. we will examine key par...

>> does the obama campaign want to talk about anything? >> i think they want to talk about what people have want to talk . who do you trust more to reform the entitlement programs that. is the debate they would like to have. and what ryan gives them. >> you want to stay away from the third rail of entitlements and mitt romney grabbed on to it and embraced it full force; is that a program in the campaign. it is about entitlementings. >> it is what obama camp wanted. they have tried to figure out ...

budget committee. democrat iic congressman chris n holl hollen. and then re-opening the search with david axelrod and ed gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward with jessica yellen. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." no surprise, president obamas campaign and other democrats are wasting no time attacking the new romney/ryan presidential ticket. descriptions weve heard thrown around so far, wrong, harsh ...

gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward, ron brown, and cnns dan lothian. im candy crowley. this is "state of the union." the campaign trail is most often a series of mind-numbing days interrupted by the ones that you will never forget, and the days when you know that one way or another, something has changed, and saturday was one of those days for mitt romney. >> what works here, and what works around the world is fr...

Ticket might focus it in a a bit more on some of those substantive policy issues that romney has been saying he wants to focus on. i should note i have been out on the road this past week in colorado a key battleground with president obama and he was talking about tax cuts and healthcare. he says he wants that substantive campaign as well. both sides say they want to talk about substance. here is their chance, jon. >> ed henry at the white house. thank you. >> over the years, congressman ryan ha...

Florida, the place where medicare is a third rail issue. if you remember, after the ryan budget passed, no less a conservative tea party favorite is allen west was getting shouted down in his own town halls for the medicare change, voucher program. thats very unpopular in florida or in pennsylvania that have the older populations. now they are going to have to defend the ryan budget. every aspect of it and also ryan represents this idealogical movement who really do believe in things like privat...

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...

romneys conservative credentials and shows hes serious about economic change. romney will make his announcement in the battleground state of virginia. the military city of norfolk, aboard the uss wisconsin. event kickoff his campaign bus tour with his new running mate, a little more than three weeks before the republican national convention. we have complete coverage leading up to this dramatic announcement. candy crowley is here, gloria borger is here, john king is here, jim acosta is...