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depressing statistics. this introduction will start on a low but it will end on a high. the stats that i ran into were all about who's reading books these days and how often. some of the numbers concern me. don't hold me to them because my source was the internet but they are revealing and if close they are tough to swallow. what they say. one third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. 42% of college graduates never read another book after college. and 80% of u.s. families did not buy or read a book last year. i have to presume that to the ext...

Plan. and devicive and we're getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obama's pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that-- >> i didn't see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared? >> well, he's hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know...

Plan. and devicive and we're getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obama's pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that-- >> i didn't see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared? >> well, he's hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know...

governor romney yesterday in virginia. the numbers are on your screen. you can also reach out to us on social media. @cspanwj. facebook.com/cspan. and email -- journal@c-span.org. it is the lead story in the major newspapers across north america. here is "the oshkosh north western." >> the leader telegram in wisconsin -- "the leader- telelgram. "the baltimore sun." a strong voice for fiscal restraint. have other hand lens to look at as well from "the new york times," "the washington post." getting your comments and thoughts about the choice and the announcement made yesterday morning...

i had over the last few weeks with retiring senators. with just five months left on their jobs, find out what's on their minds and what they would like to do to fix the senate. good morning from washington, yes, we're bulk. don't worry, olympics will start in about an hour. so you can stick around with us. i'm chuck todd. let's get to my first reads of the morning. two weeks ago when the olympics kicked off we had a close presidential race or the feel of one, but if there was any doubt how bad the summer has gone for romney. three new polls have an exclamation point on it. 52-45 in...