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Moving on to the subject of some of the possible pitfalls we have seen already. the florida newspaper front pages are heralding the medicare cuts in the ryan budget. there were two ryan budgets and he lifted the cap on some of the paybacks in the second budget but it's still pretty severe. do you have concerns about that and about the possibility of losing florida, losing seniors, pennsylvania, new hampshire, other states where you have a lot of senior citizens? >> first, i would say that the program that paul ryan put together on medicare reform was one he put together with ron wyden, democra...

Quayle never fit. you have to give them the fact this rollout working very well. you know, the drama and the theatrics of it all. >> no question. people are saying well, sarah palin got a lot of energy in the early days but if you go back and look, even then, you can see there's an awkwardness between john mccain and sarah palin. this was in some ways a forced marriage. this feels more like clinton/gore, though the age difference is not the same, but it's kind of a doubling down on the side of reformer, bringing new ideas, willing to tell hard truth. in some ways, i think you can make the argu...

Talk, let's just put it on the table that what the president did with his medicare cuts was to slow the growth of the rate of increase, which is exactly what republicans have been calling for. perhaps he didn't do it enough to satisfy republicans but you all are criticizing him now for exactly what republicans have been calling for for quite some time. >> the point is if you look at the whole three and a half years, the question for the voters is are you really better off now than you were four years ago. when you have 8% unemployment rate for this long and gas prices doubling and a $16 trilli...

I tell you, i love wisconsin. i'm fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s, made a go of it. it's where we've all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. what a weekend it's been. in our daily fix today, the race to define paul ryan kicks off today big-time. in two battleground states. is ryan the booster shot that mitt romney needs or a perfect vehicle for democrats who are hoping to turn the 2012 debate from the economy overall to medicare and sa...

Vote. less than a point separated them in three consecutive presidential elections. people say does it matter, does it not. almost anything when you have a margin that narrow can matter. you know, the idea that republicans are playing offense on this, i say sure, but let's see if they can explain a very complex issue in the context of a presidential campaign. it is not an easy thing to do. >> want to play a little bit in that regard of reince priebus and mitt romney responding to the democratic medicare claims. >> if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medica...