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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...

Scared of entitlement reform. because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you. look, both parties have done this to each other. here's the problem, david. if we don't get serious about these issues, if we don't get serious about the drivers of your debt, we're going to have a debt crisis. and the irony of this is all, if we don't fix these programs, people who rely on these benefits are going to get cut the first. they're going to be hurt the worst under a debt crisis. we're saying, if we fix this now, we can keep the current p...

The ryan rivlin program, bill clinton's omb director, they came together on the medicare program. on the premium support proposal of paul ryan he's got an interesting ally in ron widen. we'll see how much pressure is put on ron widen this way. what ryan says, if you want to save medicare you have to do something. let's be clear, no changes for anybody over 55. people under 55 can stay with traditional medicare, or they can go to the premium support system. the argument needs to be made. but he's not the only one making it, and some very prominent democrats have backed paul ryan in the past. we...

Deficits in the abstract but they like many of these programs in particular. what i'm getting at, governor, is that what you and others support so strongly about chairman ryan, is that he's taken tough stands on big issues, like the budget, federal spending, role of government, and medicare, the program for seniors. it would all change under his vision. is that politically risky to appoint that could actually imperil the romney candidacy? >> well, i think conventional wisdom may be in the past in washington. but here in wisconsin is a good example. a year ago those same sort of polls would hav...

Trillions of dollars of new tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, $250,000 for the average millionaire, while he cuts back on college aid to kids, and research, and innovation and all the things that we need to grow the economy. and on things that people rely on, nursing home care for seniors, and for the disabled and so on. so, you know, i think that it clarifies the choice for the american people. and i think it clarifies the choice in a way that is going to be helpful. >> paul ryan has been on this program five times. he's talked about these issues before. i have raised with him the fact that bac...