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Months, and ryan may not either, but he's a gamble. the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward or the bigger punishment, but i think they're looking at that. we need something that's going to shake this up and that's where this came from. >> let's listen to the vice president's welcome to his new debating partner in the campaign, joe biden. >> congressman ryan has given definition to the vague commitments that romney's been making. what's gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break? what's gutsy about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? what's gutsy? ladies and gentlemen, we've seen t...

Fair enough, but selling. >> yeah, but you can't win the presidency just by saying i'm not the guy who's in office now. maybe you can if you're a very talented politics, but i don't think romney is that politician. he can't really -- >> he's not as smart as richard nixon. >> no, he's not. he's going to have to stand on a stage with barack obama and he can't keep repeating these platitudes about i've got a long-term plan. it won't wash. >> okay, thank you. the newly more youthful looking michael steele. thank you having you on here. thank you. great to have you on as debating partner and ron, t...

Kind of job the president's doing. so this guy hasn't passed muster in terms of a winning personality because he doesn't talk about anything that means anything to people yet. fair enough, that's selling. >> yeah, but you can't win the presidency just by saying i'm not the guy who's in office now. maybe you can if you're a very talented politics, but i don't think romney is that politician. i don't think romney is that politician. he can't really -- do that. >> he's not as smart as richard nixon. >> no, he's not. he's going to have to stand on a stage with barack obama and he can't keep repeat...

from the presidential election and at a turning point in the campaign. considered a boxing match, today was the day political equivalent of when the referee brings the fighters into the middle and says, shake hands, come out fighting. the president phoned mitt romney congratulating him on clinching the republican nomination. governor romney went over the top in delegates last night. both campaigns described the conversation as cordial and brief. gloria borger is here as we start the conversation. i want to start over to the magic wall for a minute. why was the conversation brief. a l...

And basically decided to throw my hat in the ring. >> uh-huh. you were one of the guys who made sure that thing didn't blow up. and, you know, hundreds of people, it's been estimated. could have been killed with that. if you were elected to congress, do you want to be involved in terrorism? >> well, i'll tell you, absolutely, i would love to be on the homeland committee, i think representative king from long island would be someone i would love to work with in congress. >> i think he does a good job. >> absolutely. you know, the rnc has kind of labelled me as a liberal, liberal. i'm more moder...