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Dominate this campaign. what will dominate is the economy, questions of debt, and the role of government. i think that's among the reasons why ryan was chosen. you know, here was senator obama who had a huge national security gap when he was up against john mccain. that was a big part of why he chose senator biden. that's not the calculation this time around. >> andrea mitchell, when it comes to sort of loorking king s ticket and matching up ryan and biden, what do you see there? and is the ryan-washington experience, the fact that all of his experience is washington, whether as a staffer, is ...

You know, here was senator obama who had a huge national security gap when he was up against john mccain. that was a big part of why he chose senator biden. that's not the calculation this time around. >> andrea mitchell, when it comes to sort of looking at this ticket now as it comes in matching up ryan and biden, you know, what do you see there in it? is the ryan/washington experience, the fact that all his experience is washington, whether as a staffer, is it all going to be a handicap to him? >> with some audiences, sure it will be, but you can't be more washington than joe biden. so there...

In a district with chris lee, who had to resign. it was a republican-leaning district. there are signs outside buffalo, new york, that said vote democratic, save medicare and that message will be pounded away, just like david said. as for republicans running away from the ryan budget, i think that mitt romney making this decision now, they're doubling down on it. and in terms of the messaging on this, i just read a report, working on confirming it, but heard rumors about it. michael steele, john boehner's press secretary is now most likely going to be working for paul ryan in the romney campai...

Paul ryan family. and his wife there, jana little. >> david, going back to the moment we're in right now with mitt romney. he's behind. nobody's disputing this. he lost the summer, if you will, the preolympics period, the olympics are winding down. he's hoping to jump-start his own campaign, said he'd like to see a five to ten-point bump. ryan will give energy inside the party, but then what's the next step? >> let's talk about issues that people care about. they care about taxes. they care about the debt. they care about the economy. they care about the direction the country is moving in. the...

Democratic family. tell us more. >> jana little is the first cousin of the borns of oklahoma. david born, the long-time senator from oklahoma who retired, i believe, in 1992, chairman of the senate intelligence committee, now the president of the university of oklahoma, has been for many years, and his son is the congress member. so they are democrats. and in fact, jana little's sister lives in maryland and paul ryan when he's not sleeping in his office, i know this myself, he has said that he stays with his sister-in-law's family. he's a low maintenance guy and goes home to wisconsin and he's...