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♪ >> kelly ♪ >> kelly: welcome back. fox news is america's election headquarters. paul ryan taking his place in history as the next republican vice presidential candidate. joining mitt romney for first full day of campaigning. how does he compare to vp candidates of the past. joining us to discuss this nick ragon. how well does this compare to previous vp choices that other presidential candidates have made? >> it certainly a bold choice. i think he galvanizes the wing of the tea party and puts the entitlement issue front and center. romney wanted to change the trajectory of the race. putt...

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The idea of a square deal? >> he could learn a couple of things. one be decisive. teddy roosevelt was decisive. he said let congress debate it, i'll build the canal. he also believed in acting first and asking for forgiveness later. he was very decisive. also thoughtful and flexible in his thinking. people overlook that. he wrote a bunch of books. well received books. very thoughtful like our current president. he thought about what he was going do and then used the bully pulpit to go right to the people and make the change he wanted to see. he's up there with franklin roosevelt and washington...

Because we likely feel some faith in this life. >> no doubt this is a religious nation. that's what the statistics confirm. what i'd like to see is we all open our minds more to everybody's belief system. some people do believe. and some people will not believe. you can't impose faith or use faith for political motivations. that's why i really disagree with putting religion into every political debate of every presidential election in this country. at least in the last several ones faith has been a big thing, not just with president obama. how much do you believe in jesus when you do believe i...

People who believes religion is knotts part of my life. it's part of a democracy. >> nick, is it possible for either an atheist or someone with a muslim background be elected president in this country? >> well, i think you made an interesting point at the top can, which is, we've probably had either ago nonostagnostics. thomas jefferson, a lot of people thought he was an iejiest. he was more like eye diest. abe lincoln as well, he had trouble believing in something higher. toward the end of his life he started to change a bit. there have been other presidents that haven't attended church. will...