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be a nice guy. >> like i said she must not be from iowa. ♪ >> nearly one in six americans are in poverty today. that's the highest rate in a generation. you know what? we're not going to take that. we're going to turn this thing around. [ cheers ] >> well that's newly minted romney running mate, attack dog paul ryan. there is no denying that ryan has star power, star power that mitt romney sorely lacks. according to the "boston globe" before the selection of ryan, you could count the number of supporters in the hundreds, and now they are in the thousands. and there in lies the prob...

this could be sweet. ♪ >> jennifer: so this is an old photo of a guy who i think just became the front runner to mitt romney running mate. why am i showing you a picture from over 20 years ago. because we can learn a lot about him from his youth. he was anointed prom king at his high school. he drove the oscar meyer wiener mobile, and now he wants to drive our economy off of a cliff. and he was voted biggest brown noser by his high school classmate. which might explain why he is the koch brother's go-to guy congress. he hasn't aged much in the past quarter century, the man who's st...

mitt, and when we're done he's going to look like something rafalca left in her stall. ♪ >> jennifer: you have heard about it the july jobs numbers came out today. we added more jobs than expected, but the unemployment rate picked up a little bit. what happened? mitt romney claimed today he can do better than the president of creating jobs. take a listen. >> i understand what it takes to get america working again. i understand that it's small businesses that create jobs in america, that people create jobs, not government and i'm going to get america working again. [ cheers ] >> jen...

♪ >> jennifer: have you seen the movie "the candidate" with robert redford? if you haven't, you should. it gives a humorous but eerily realistic glimpse inside a political campaign. but not just any political campaign. on the surface, robert redder if's character the perfect candidate. he's easy on the eyes and get this, he's the son of a former governor. sound familiar? but mckay is a broken candidate. he is a product of privilege who maybe has no business being in politics. >> i wonder if anybody understood what i was trying to do. >> don't worry son. it won't make any difference...

>> jennifer: have you seen the movie "the candidate" with robert redford? if you haven't, you should. it gives a humorous but eerily realistic glimpse inside a political campaign. but not just any political campaign. on the surface, robert redder if's character the perfect candidate. he's easy on the eyes and get this, he's the son of a former governor. sound familiar? but mckay is a broken candidate. he is a product of privilege who maybe has no business being in politics. >> i wonder if anybody understood what i was trying to do. >> don't worry son. it won't make any difference. >>...