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He broke the news about the ryan pick, as well. host of msnbc's the rachel maddow show, rachel maddow. editor of the national review rich lowry is here, a big advocate for paul ryan in the closing days. and from north carolina, washington fellow of the clairemont institute, bill bennett for whom a young paul ryan once worked. as if at 42 he's no longer young. welcome to all of you. chuck todd, you can tell i'm -- you know, i'm -- i feel old now. >> yes. >> that's what i was trying to say. this is an exciting time. we are in a new phase of this campaign. you heard it from david axelrod at the t...

Those polls a couple levels deep that said now is the time to make a pick, now is the time to put paul ryan out there? >> i think they have seen all of the hits that romney has been taking, that we needed to change the conversation, we need to talk about the big issues. we need to make this a campaign that people can see is going to provide a difference to america, a different direction, a spark, an originality of purpose. so i think they wanted to jump-start and energize the people of our country to tune in to the big issues and all of this negative stuff to go away. >> so, senator, the strat...

Runs out and screams fire and they pour more gasoline on the problem whether it is reid saying, you know, talked about the tax returns. or something else. and then go put more on it. now, the president comes out and he would say that that ad should come down bringing more are attention and then a few million people watch it on you tube. that is where we are at. because the way that gets covered but we are talking about today it is working, the strategy actually works because we are all talking. >> and negative ads if they are true tore not they work as well. let me bill reflect something that ...

Running for the white house and having to make a pick for vp. senator john mccain, his reaction to paul ryan? >> he thought ryan was a terrific pick. he still says was the right choice for the time. but he says paul ryan has got big, bold ideas. it is the sort the romney campaign needs. and the fact that he unlike the democrats in the senate has not passed a budget resolution in days now. like it or not, he at least has a plan, and going forward as well. it was initially thought recently that medicare would go bankrupt in nine years. that has been stretched out to 12. 12 years from now 2024 me...

Congressman is a good person, but his ideas are very harsh. jay you know, it is a pick -- >> you know, it is a pick meant to thrill the most stria dent voices in the republican party, but one that should trouble the middle class, the seniors, students. because of ryan's record, he is a right wing ideolog. >> about four hours after ryan was revealed, we saw president obama on the south lawn of the white house heading to chicago, but he kept his opinion about the vice presidential candidate to himself. his campaign manager though wasn't so show saying "as a member of congress ryan rubber stamped...