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Covering this announcement tomorrow, the sunday shows. this will be driving the news toward next week. it changed the discussion from a bizarre week where romney was accused of murdering someone back to the real issues and the fundamental question is, what's the size and what's the scope and what's the role of government? it couldn't be more different when you look at these two ticket. >> certainly seems there is a lot of enthusiasm now injected back into the romney campaign. the people feel he will be a good spokesperson north texas afraid to tackle the tough issues that are challenging like ...

And there is senator the of ohio also a good choice. >> and there is ohio the winner of every presidential election since 1960. other thing is that it's steady. and the bush administration he is considered the safest pick. and right. we talk about safety. rob portman, safe pick. and do you see it like that? >> well, you know look there is a lot of democrat say they're just licking their chops on paul ryan's budget but they were going to do that regardless.

Lot of conservatives were highly critical of the bush administration for that. but portman was seen as a safe pick. somebody who knows the ways of washington and ways of the senate and former congressman as well and all important ohio. there was a lot of talk he was the lead finalist as you move down the stretch because he could reinforce governor romney while still doing no harm. with the ryan pick, we can safely say mitt romney felt he neededed to go a bit bolder and bigger. >> i now you have tim pawlenty tomorrow. but to you, chuck, tim pawlenty was somebody who was running his own presiden...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he's seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be a lightning rod in this campaign. >> why make the announcement today, saturday morning, olympics ...

romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, here's a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio don't go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. that's where he's kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the ticket? >> this is going to be an interesting day for the romney campaign. this selection for mitt...