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Was just a minor if you will blip in the political whirl, so many things have happened consistently and we've seen no change since june. >> it has been incredibly stable. i think one of the theories why is this country is just so polarized. everyone is locked in their corner. there are so few swing voters or people in the middle so that is why this race hasn't changed from when the general election began in april to where it is right now. you and i were mentioning yesterday, there does seem to be a little bit of a bump for mitt romney in some of these battleground states like wisconsin. maybe ...

Some credit for raising an issue they were bound to lose here, but what do you come out with that policy provision, that's what's going to happen. nobody should be surprised we're not buying what you're selling. >> jared, you've been pointing out that contrary to mitt romney and paul ryan's claims, the ryan plan will affect current retirees because they've always described it in future terms. . >> it's posht not to get this wrong. i make this mistake almost every day in the newspapers, not from dana i'm sure. really affordable care act, which is part of the romney ryan pra plan, you open up th...

I doubt they're under the illusion that they're going to win on this issue, but maybe not lose quite as badly as they otherwise would. >> let me go to robert on that. seems to me if you're an elderly person, later 70s, 80s and you're still cooking and voting and you hear somebody's coming along the tinker with your medicare, which is the one thing you've been able to count on in your later years, the one thing. you've been able to get your medical bills paid for. and this guy comes along and says, i've got this new idea, i'm going to voucherize someone. i want to know who's going to insure som...

By liberal democratic senator ron widen of oregon who believes the current system is doomed to fail. >> a steady diet of benefit reduction for senior citizens and cost shifting. that will take place until the medicare is threatened. >> the idea is the come pettive process would lead to cheaper insurance for seniors at the same level of benefits they enjoy. >> since medicare promised tens of trillions more in benefits that it can pay, senator ryan and widen argue it must be changed in order to survive. bret? >> bret: latest ryan plan, though, is different than it seems. the one that the preside...

Their own dismal record on the economy and dividing. it didn't work. megyn: chris, what do you make of this? when paul ryan came out from about 39 of the the percentage of folks said paul ryan who? he went from 32% unfavorable to 37%. but his favorable rating shot up from 29% to 41% favorable. >> i think when you kind of break it down. i love brad's positive assessment, but the reality is since ryan has been picked, when you announce the vp, it becomes national news. romney's numbers have basically not changed one iota. when you are talking about medicare, people just came out a few days ago. ...