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>>shepard: he adds that if he wins he will allow new drilling for oil on american land. john roberts is on the campaign trail in colorado this afternoon. john, the campaign put out the word that governor romney will be more aggressive. did you see that today? >>reporter: in terms of the schedule for the week we saw a glimmer of it. the gore -- governor heeding the call to differentiate himself from president obama and give people a reason for vote for him as opposed to just voting for president obama. he is drilling down on the economy and jobs. an important issue here where unemployment is at...

Over 8% in the most recent report. if you look at the most reliable bar amter of where the race stands, the average of all the polls out there, romney's been running a few stubborn and critical points behind obama. choosing ryan was supposedly romney's way of saying he understood. he had to do something dramatic. yes, it was a gamble but a gold medal billion arguably worth taking. here's the part i don't get. the whole reason it is a gamble is because of ryan's budget plan. budget plan envision as wholesale restructuring of medicare and medicaid, sweeping tax cuts for the wealthy, zeroing out ...

We have to distance ourselves from some of the rhetoric. >> gretchen: many people are arguing this is the new strategy of the obama campaign. if you link all these things together, calling mitt romney an alleged felon and then going to that ad, blaming him for the cancer death. now this, that this appears to be the new strategy. many people would argue because he can't talk about the policies he put in place the last 3 1/2 years. >> eric: now it was the campaign put that ad out. the white house saying it was them who did it. we're not tied to the campaign. now it's both the white house with bi...

To health care costs, and throw seniors on to the tender mercies of the private insurance market? the question is, do you really believe in medicare, or do you not? i believe what -- what newt gingrich said on your program. i think it's right wing social engineering. i don't believe that they believe in that program. i think it's interesting if you listen to your guests today and the first thing that the romney campaign put out yesterday, they're trying to distance themselves from this plan. in terms of debt, i heard congressman ryan talk about debt. as you pointed out, this was a guy who rubb...

To health care costs and throw seniors onto the tender mercies of the private insurance market? the question is, do you really believe in medicare, or do you not? i believe what -- what newt gingrich said on your program. i think it's right-wing social engineering. i don't believe that they believe in that program. i think it's interesting that if you listen to your guests today and the first thing that the romney campaign put out yesterday, they're trying to distance themselves from this plan. in terms of debt, i heard congressman ryan talk about debt. as you pointed out, this was a guy who r...