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gloria borger is with us, cnn's chief political analyst. >> both john king and have i been talking to sources as well as peter hanby. none of our sources are steering us away from paul ryan. some of us are steering us towards paul ryan. in fact a few of them are. i think what this shows us, a paul ryan pick is a calculation that mitt romney is going to a different generation, and that he intends to make the fiscal future of the country and the budget issue a real centerpiece of the campaign. i think what is interesting to me, you were talking to john a few minutes ago about joe biden...

glor ya, tell us what your sources are saying? >> both john king and i have been talking to sources as well as peter hamby. none of our sources are steering us away from paul ryan. some of them are steering us towards paul ryan. in fact, a few of them are. and i think this shows us a calculation that mitt romney is tending to make the fiscal future of the country and the budget issue a real center piece of the campaign. i think what's interesting to me, you were talking to john a few minutes ago about joe biden and how joe biden would have a debate with paul ryan. it's interesting be...

10-year-old daughter, so, no, michelle and i don't do the social seen, because as busy as we are, we have a limited amount of time and we want to be good parents at a time that's vitally important for our kids. and he goes on to say, my suspicion is this whole critique is due to the fact that i don't go to a lot of washington parties, as a consequence, the washington press corps doesn't feel like i'm in the mix enough with them. so they think i must be cold and aloof. the fact is, there are facts here. i talk to senators, members of congress all the time, and they feel that this congressional ...

Around forever. partisan, sure, but in the background, republicans like him, jovial, a good guy, back slapper, hail fellow well met. >> a wear hero. >> to do something like this somebody that well-liked. the ethics committee felt they can't do anything else. >> that's absolutely right. the ethics committee here is known for being a little toothless, congress is a club and no members like to go after fellow members, but the charges were simply so charge they couldn't ignore them and actually in the end, you actually have to give the ethics committee credit because when they decided to do this, ...

Been around forever, partisan, sure, but even the republicans like him, a back-slapper, hail-met, a classic paul. to be able to do this against somebody who is that well-liked means the ethics committee felt they couldn't do anything else. >> that is absolutely right and goes to dan's point. the ethics committee is known for being a little too toothless. congress is a club, no member likes to go after a fellow member but these charges were so large they couldn't ignore it and you have to give them a little credit because whether they decided to do this, they ultimately did a very thorough job....