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Plan, not ryan's. they have done that to remind people that the tail will not wag the dog. that the running mate will not overshadow the nominee. any presidential candidate would say that the same thing, but keeping ryan's plan out of the debate is virtually impossible. romney and ryan face the possibility that before the convention, obama and the democrats will define ryan's budget and in particular his changes to medicare, so negatively, that the damage will be long-lasting. that's why romney's campaign has moved quickly to blunt the medicare attacks but this fight is just starting which is ...

President? >> ryan was interrupted immediately by the campaign's latest flash point, medicare. >> are you going to cut medicare? are you going cut medicare? >> we like to be respectful of one another and peaceful with one another and listen to one another. these ladies must not be from iowa or wisconsin. like i said, she must not be from iowa. so -- hey. all right. >> look, this is always the danger of the ryan pick. if you make the race a clash of big ideas, then the economy takes a back seat. romney talked about the economy yesterday in florida and ryan did the same in iowa but it is medicar...

>> bret: our top story at the bottom of the hour, republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan tells brit hume that president obama is raiding medicare to fund obamacare. it was part of ryan's first solo interview since being selected by romney for the number two spot on the ticket. his boss was in one of the most important states on the electoral map. chief political correspondent carl cameron has the story from southern ohio. >> with the republican convention in two weeks and the election in 12, mitt romney, ohio coal country said his victory depends on their rejection of president obama...

Adds to paul ryan. he's been focused on trying to deal with entitlement but this credibility issue that he's going to, i think struggle with, is okay, he's focused on this but then the tax question comes in. why don't you want to talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest? >> i think the challenge is trying to explain what he wants to do. the bigger challenge for romney is trying to explain whether or not he embraces ryan's -- all of ryan's entitlement plans or whether or not he has a different vision. so i think the country -- there's an opportunity here, though, for the republican ticket bec...

Ryan's medical plan. coming up, paul ryan may want you to think he's a deficit hawk, but once upon a time he was a chicken hawk. caving in to every republican budget bashing bill that showed up on the house floor. but ryan's radical ideas go way beyond the budget. >> planned parenthood, i'm not for federal funding of abortions. the dream act, it's two wrongs making a right. >> he's gone to extremes on women's issues, immigration, and civil rights. we're exposing the entire ryan record. and summer break hits an ohio county fair. but watch out. this gator's going rogue. you're watching "poli...