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So, of course, older people are concerned about that. it may have some impact. but, remember, republicans will come right back with a defense. >> in terms of the state of wisconsin, larry, does this pick mean that wisconsin is really in the bag for romney and ryan at this point? does that ensure a victory in the state of wisconsin? >> >> no. there are no assurances in politics. i'm sure the romney campaign would be the first to acknowledge that look, what i think it does in wisconsin is make it truly competitive. i didn't really buy until now that it was competitive. the real clear politics av...

Who has combed through the republican budget, the cartoon version, from democrats and from the obama administration, is that it gives tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while throwing the poor and elderly out on the street. what's the truth as you look very closely at it? how tough would this be on the elderly? how tough would it be on the poor? and is that a fair assessment? >> the big difference in the budget this year from the year before, it is less tough on the elderly. social security is untouched. that was true last year. but the medicare reforms are much softer than they were ...

Cap on spending in gdp plus .5%. since medicare typically grows two to three points more than that, even more interesting how the president would enforce the limits. he'd use the independent payments advisory board created by the health care law, but it had only one power; to impose price controls on providers which makes seniors' groups a bit nervous. >> there's costs that go wof the cap -- above the cap, we're going to be stopping for that year and, in essence, leads to the rationing of care. so we can't have arbitrary caps in the medicare program. >> reporter: so when doctors are simply tol...

At a local wells fargo place in pepper pike, ohio. chagrin boulevard. the other place in the world where a 9-9-9 already existed is in sim city. in the video game. 9-9-9 is the operating tax structure in sim city which is a fake place. it's -- herman cain angrily denied this and said it was a lie that sim city was where he got his 9-9-9 plan from. come on, it's like he's begging us to get in on the joke. after that herman cain publishes a book. the title of his book, "this is herman cain!" the exclamation point is part of the title. one full chapter of the book is about the good fortune destow...

I've been saying from plus 2 to plus 5. i think it's higher rather than lower. i think there's a bias taken off the center. >> stu rothenberg. we'll needle charlie all day. >> we should. >> thank you, sir. starting monday nbc's brian williams will be doing double duty hosting "nightly news" in the evening and his new show "rock center" literally he has to walk about ten feet at 10:00. brian joins me now. you've been very busy. are you okay or did you just not sleep? >> no, i'm all right. when matt lauer takes a day off the pressure is on and they extorted me to start across 49th street at th...