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He's in his home state of wisconsin right now mulling over the decision with his family. cnn's chris frates is in washington, where republicans are anxiously awaiting any news. chris, do we know where ryan stands right now? >> hey, martin, i'll tell you, right now paul ryan is keeping his cards very close to the vest. he's, as you say, in wisconsin with his family, and he's not making -- not expected to make any news this week. but, remember, when speaker boehner announced his retirement, ryan was often kind of the most-mentioned candidate and took a pass very quickly. even now with this draft...

Candidate. he's already thinking about the general election. i talked to him yesterday before "meet the press." he was talking about how he was envisioning things in september of 2012. he's counting on being the nominee. he has a lot of flaws as a candidate. unless he says something disqualify disqualifying, i think he's a hof i have heavyweight player. >> i don't know, i just don't know. here's my thinking. there's the western conference of the tea party type people. they're in trouble to find a candidate now. there's the eastern conference of establish candidates. romney and pawlenty at the ...

To be a strong general election candidate. you but he is thinking about the general election. i talked to him yesterday and he was talking about how he envisioned things in 2012. it he is counting on being a nominee it seems. he has flaws. all sift people have flaws as candidates. unless he says something disqualifying for the republican elector, i think he is a heavy player in the nomination flight even if he is not the most likely nominee or a strong candidate -- >> i don't know. here is my thinking. i think there is the western conference of tea party type people. i think they are in troubl...

Revolutionize his public image to be a strong general election candidate. he's already thinking about the general election. i talked to him yesterday before "meet the press." he was talking about how he was envisioning things in september of 2012. he's counting on being the nominee. he has a lot of flaws as a candidate. unless he says something disquali disqualifying, i think he's a hof i ha heavyweight player. >> i don't know, i just don't know. here's my thinking. there's the western conference of the tea party type people. they're in trouble to find a candidate now. there's the eastern conf...