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Republicans want a choice election now and team obama is all too eager to oblige. plus, with ryan's reputation built entirely a career in congress, what's it like to do business with him? we're going to talk to congressman chris van hollen. and a revealing sit down session with joe lieberman, the man who gave the democratic ticket a shot in the arm and came close to doing it in 2008 for the republicans. good morning. this is the second half of a special two-hour daily rundown. i'm chuck todd. convention has it that paul ryan will elevate the issues and thers the evidence of the last 48 hours. ...

I can telegraph certain things to the right but i can make moderates think i can come back to my roots, that i'm not as scary as some of the republican candidates. >> they decided not to etch a sketch. they're going to stay right over here. >> that is over. that is over. what he's done is put all of his chips down on the heart of the republican government, which is that government health care, medicare, that social security, none of these things are worth paying for and we need to do, in the case of the ryan budget, a 20-plus-percent cut for millionaires. that comes first, and that comes at th...

Long-term debt issues. so let's put those things on the table. corporate loopholes, instead of just turning to the piggy bank of social security and medicare. >> what about medicaid? would you cut that? >> the challenge that we have for medicaid is that we want to make sure that we don't simply shift the burden onto the states, which really can't afford that right now. again the conversations about these entitlement programs, while i find, you know, might be important for us to engage in, we're conflating apples and oranges when it comes to lifting our debt ceiling and dealing with the major c...

Know, it's not a slam dunk, because there really is no precedent for this. if the presidential candidate has an affair and somebody gives him money to hide it from his wife, does that influence the outcome of a presidential election. but either way you slice it, bill, that's all things that could come forward in court if there were an indictment but it looks like it could be a bad day for john edwards. if no plea deal is reached, very likely he could face criminal charges. bill: we await along with you, john, thanks, john roberts in raleigh, north carolina. martha: all right. this is shaping u...

Serve on one of our civilian nation building teams. good for him. sentencing is in two weeks. i imagine prosecutors may decline the offer as good as it is. i wish him well. what nerve. up next, house republicans vote to kill off medicare, of course, replace wit a voucher or some kind of $10 subsidy and now harry reid wants to force senate republicans to do the same. he wants them on the record. touche, harry. can the democrats make the republicans write their names on the bill? i want to get rid of medicare. congress steve israel impresses me with how he presents this argument. he's responsi...