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This now but what will they say when they get in office? one other step -- >> you know why they say that to the older people? because every time it comes up a chance to cuss something the republicans want to cut medicare. >> that's the danger of putting ryan on the -- one quick thing on older folks, chris. in 2008 john mccain lost them by -- won them by four. in 2004 george bush won them by eight. obviously we know in '04 bush won. in '08 mccain lost. you start talking about medicare every day you'll -- >> raise the subject. newt gingrich didn't even support paul ryan's plan. not even he. you ...

Voters that will determine the outcome of the race, they tune out and they reengage in september. >> the republicans are not very impressed with how romney's handled it. let's listen to george will. >> mitt romney's losing at this point, in a big way. if something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. i do not know why, given that mr. romney knew the day that mccain lost in 2008, that he was going to run for president again, that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest. he's done nothing illegal, nothing unseemly, nothing improper, but lot...

Conventions, and i think your average american, certainly the voters that will determine the outcome of the race, they tune out and they reengage in september. >> the republicans are not very impressed with how romney's handled it. let's listen to george will. >> mitt romney's losing at this point, in a big way. if something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. i do not know why, given that mr. romney knew the day that mccain lost in 2008, that he was going to run for president again, that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest. he's don...

Of his own and fill that space with one of the republican party female stars. with me, margaret cho, bill shid schneider, jane junn and jelani cobb. >> sarah palin didn't work out so well for mccain. he doesn't want to take a risk. he's a businessman, and he wants to take very calculated risks. so most guessing is he he will pick someone -- after what mccain did, he will pick someone relatively safe. >> it didn't work. mccain lost, but it did undoubtedly shift that media focus. i remember the dnc, everybody was talking about the obama moment, that denver speech. and obama, who, what? had the e...

Campaign. >> anna marie, isn't it true you covered the john mccain campaign, wasn't mccain even more firm in terms of the boundaries that he would set and stop people if they went too far. and he tried to play the gentleman saying the president was, at that point, senator obama was a good guy, he just disagreed with him? didn't mccain run a different campaign trying to pull some of this back when it got out of hand? >> i think he tried to. there is a lot of republican that's say that's why mccain lost. i think mccain like a lot of people of his generation really wanted politics to be about iss...