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Announcement, having them go to separate places to try to get better numbers in terms of fund-raising as well as bigger crowds. >> we're learning more about the back story. the secrecy behind this pick in the age of a 24-hour news cycle. what have you picked up? >> yeah, reporters are reluctant to acknowledge this, but they outwitted us in the 24-hour news cycle. this twitter news cycle. just to give you a sense, it was a week ago mitt romney offered his choice of paul ryan in person, it would happen in boston, massachusetts, it was determined, at the home of the senior adviser beth myers. the...

Ryan's budget is that it really does balance the budget on the backs of the middle class and needy. don't take it from me. take it from independent economists who have studies this budget and said that if we enacted the drastic cuts that paul ryan wants to put in place and mitt romney wants to put in place because this is his budget, too, that it would contract the economy. >> democrats have been on offense ever since the paul ryan vp choice became public hoping his budget plan gives the president of seniors, a group he's been struggling with. republicans aren't taking criticism from the left ...

Off. two points. number one, this is not ryan/romney as a ticket. it's romney/ryan and the budget will be the romney budget when you have two people come in and the guy in charge decides what his plan is. >> that's what i said when i started the show. he's skipping away from what he said on saturday which on saturday he just loved the ryan plan. by sunday night on "60 minutes" -- >> he loved ryan. he loves ryan. what he loves is he also spent a lot of time putting his budget together. but i think -- >> he picks out the stuff he likes in ryan and skips away from the stuff that might actually sh...

Welcome back to "hardball." well, is it possible that paul ryan really is a unifying force in washington? i mean, the left and the right both reacted to a selection of what seemed like equal excitement over the weekend. obviously one side celebrating a little too soon here. one thing seems clear, ryan's pick is a game changing moment in the campaign so far. romney went for a selection that would change things up, redefine his narrative after weeks of bad headlines everything from bain and his tax returns he won't show us to his overseas trip which was a flop and romney decided playing it safe ...

Helps romney, i think, going forward. he's way behind in how the press views the republican ticket. >> that is so -- >> help him catch up. >> that's true. >> i accept that completely from your reporting but, i tell you, it can show romney ain't that guy. he ain't a guy you can talk to. >> and if ryan starts trashing the top of the ticket, that would be a problem. i have no expectation that will happen. >> thank you very much. it might be bottom heavy. anyway, thank you, mark halperin, for that assessment, and howard fineman, as always, sir. coming up miss is the rare instance both are thrill...