when to the southern part of the valley, chris gibson, as you mentioned, to the north and. in both of these districts, disf races, but for very, very different reasons. this is not because of redistricting. redistricting did not change her district that much. she has been a tea party-flavor conservative in the middle of the road. patrick maloney was a clinton white house aide. after moving to the district. and he has gotten rave reviews. captain balance. he is focused on other issues that are more bread and butter to his issue, but this district changed a lot. 56% of it is new to him. this is what president obama

will carry. a prosecutor, the democratic nominee, is going to be very, very competitive. that is actually going to be one of the bellwether cases. >> all right, i want to thank you all for being here. you want to say a few words? [applause] first of all, thank you, thank you, jennifer. a great panel. thank you, folks. i hope you all enjoy it. tomorrow morning, same time, same place. we will have james bennett, the editor of "the edge lannan," and cbs news, and we will be -- the editor of "the atlantic" and someone from cbs news. let me also invite you tonight, if you want to come out and watch the convention here at the

chophouse at carne, some good drinks, and it was easy getting in the door. have a good day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> good evening, from the "tampa bay times" forum, the nomination official for mitt romney and paul ryan. tonight and tomorrow, the candidates will try to sell their message to the voters. c-span coverage of this convention continues with all eyes on paul ryan, as he accept the vice presidential nomination. by the way, looking at camera angles for the all important television viewers at home, and the gavel will be coming down officially in one hour in tampa,

and we will have all of the proceedings here on the c-span network. here is a list of the following speakers. we will here from kentucky, also senator. paul, part of a tribute to his father, congressman ron paul. senator john mccain, the 2008 nominee will be delivering remarks before the convention. senator john thune and another senator, and then it governor from minnesota, the governor mike huckabee will be on in the 9:00 hour, and at 10:00 eastern, as they carry the convention, condoleezza rice, the former secretary of state, now a professor, and governor susana martinez, concluding with the

speech by paul ryan. we are joined on the floor of the convention, and the platform, as we said, has been approved, and let's look at the headlines that came up from day one. what you have been hearing today and what you are looking for tonight. >> the message last night from ann romney was "you can trust mitt" and "this man will not fail." they are trying to suggest that president obama failed in his first term, and she made the point that her husband has been extraordinarily successful because he is an exceptional businessmen with skills. not as bubbly, and she did not get as big a standing ovation, and the crowd was not as big into him as we thought they

would be, but the crowd did seem to light ann romney. >> also, condoleezza rice, which has a prime-time spot at 10:00 p.m. >> i think they are very important for tonight, because some of the biggest names we know that are very strong foreign-policy type of leaders in the policy, which is interesting because they are preceding paul ryan, who does not really have much in the way of foreign-policy credentials to speak of, so it is interesting that those two will be the ones to lead up to him tonight. >> the document that is really the free market, but does it matter, because we have gotten some differences between what the republicans are putting down on paper and what mitt romney and paul ryan say they will support >> that is right, and it is not just them. so much of the republican party is remote from the far right who

are delegates here. they are some of the biggest delegates that are very conservative, and much of the party does not agree with them. a lot of what the party put into the platform, the delegates, would never get through the senate, even if republicans gain control of the senate later this year. >> and with more. >> we are in front of the stage, about 50 minutes before we get started. the schedule for tonight. what does the party hopes will happen tonight? >> tonight, it is that we can change it. secretary rice, and then, ultimately, paul ryan. they will put in place to get this economy moving again. >> a couple of specific questions. you have got a tribute to

congressman paul and his son, the senator who is speaking. there is a a little bit of dissension among the supporters in the hall. >> i think going back to last week when we start our platform and started going through that, there were a lot of ron paul folks who had been elected to the committee, and they help to do the rules. they have been part of the process. i think if you ask them, they would conclude that the process has been fair. of course, they chose someone else in this race. they would like to be here. they welcome this. we are all going forward to elect mitt romney, and tonight, we will hear from senator paul and a tribute to his father, dr. paul, the congressman, but we want to walk out of here tonight 100% together. coming back in november. >> how about the ron paul

supporters outside of here, the ones not in the room? you need their votes. >> we do. i think they will admit that the current administration is not living up to the promise they gave us four years ago, and we are hoping they will join us. when we look at the polling data, one thing we find encouraging is the intensity of the voters out there. people say we are highly a disaster to get out and vote in november. that is -- people say we are highly enthusiastic to get out and vote in november. that is good ns. forecastle what their say, be a part of the process, -- the people wanted their say. i think we will have a victory in november. >> unusual for a house member, pretty high name recognition. people have already formed opinions, so how important is

this speech tonight? >> i think this is different. they have seen him on the news. this is a chance to hear from him, more than a 30-second sound bite or a commercial. they get to see how he was brought up and how determined he is to put the problems of this country at the forefront of his life and to put solutions out there. i think it is a really good opportunity to listen to him in his own words as to why he is so committed to doing this. >> you told me he will -- you are on to charlotte. >> we will have a very robust situation in charlotte. when they go to charlotte, we will be there in force. we have got a really large team. some of our surrogates will be there. we will be trying to make sure our story is heard while they are trying to tell their message. >> so far?

>> we have seen a lot of good polls, nationally and the battleground states. wisconsin, the home state of ryan, it was carried by now- president obama in 2008. we are now neck and neck. that is extremely encouraging when you look at adding wisconsin to the map. this administration is clearly on defense. looking at a state like iowa, we are there, also florida and north carolina. we feel good in the battleground states coming out of this convention. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let me follow-up on one of the questions. is this a united republican party coming out of this convention? >> not exactly. you have some that are not happy with the direction of the party. they want to see some of their views included in the platform, and they want romney to do some

of those. they do not like mitt romney yet, and that is why they want to hear from them. they do not totally trust mitt romney, so he has to convince them, just as much as he has to do the rest of the nation that he is ready to be president. >> with the candidates and the political parties and the obama campaign out with a video today, trying to define paul ryan before he addresses people tonight. >> mitt romney has chosen paul ryan to be his vice presidential candidate. mr. ryan is new to the national scene, with the views of a bygone era. he is the author of the extreme gop budget, the one that hurts the middle class. >> one thing that the budget makes clear is that sacrifice will come from the middle class. >> what exactly does the budget

do? >> what paul ryan would do would be ending medicare as we know it. >> it would turn medicare into a voucher system. >> paul ryan would cut pell grants and cut off 1 million students over the next decade. >> cutting taxes for the millionaires and billionaires. >> you want to lower taxes on the wealthy. >> a $4.30 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest in the country. >> what perhaps is the most important for them to understand is the paul ryan views towards women. >> it is feverishly and harshly anti-female. >> they use the term "forcible rape." >> he voted four times to defund

planned parenthood. >> as if rape is just another method of conception. >> it is clear that the paul ryan vision of america is one that will take america back to a very different era. >> that web video produced by the obama for america campaign. what is going on there? >> that is a two pronged situation. the first is geared very heavily toward seniors. it is about medicare, trying to make a point about the budget. the republicans would try to end medicare as we know it. they would not have the same benefits that they have now. the other is about women. women are voting in a larger percentage than women do. heavily among women. this is so important to the coalition. they are making the point that paul ryan is even further right

then mitt romney and that he opposes abortion in all cases, where mitt romney does not. they want people to understand that, because paul ryan is focused so much of his career on the economic and budget issues as opposed to social issues, but now, they really want voters to see this even if he does not talk about it much. >> some things to typically come out of the conventions in the past. several weeks apart, the party leading the convention. we now have the republicans wrapping up this week. the democrats meeting in charlotte, and we have labored it, and we have, of course, hurricane isaac. the question is whether or not there will be any kind of movement in the polls this week or next week. >> as you mentioned, the president obama convention is

just next week. it is unlikely that we will have another storm, frontal disaster like isaac that will step all over the president's convention coverage, so i think that president obama will get a larger bump out of this, but we will have to wait a couple of weeks to see how this washes out. i think it will be a wash, and mitt romney and he are likely to start off with a very even playing field. >> erin mcpike, with real clear politics. you have this race a dead heat, as you look at gallup and other polls. looking at the electoral map, you have the president at 221, the romney campaign at 181. this is essentially coming down to nine or 10 states, including

wisconsin, which is now a battleground state. >> first of all, the national polls tell us a little bit about the electorate, but they are largely immaterial. the state polling is more important. there are those states in the middle. the real clear politics average show a different game than the tightness of the race. president obama is ahead in mostly all of them with the exception of north carolina. that is the only place mitt romney leads, and he leads with about one. . there is a much slimmer lead in florida, but it is still a lead. nevada, iowa. president obama has been doing better than mitt romney for a long period of time. >> the gavel is coming down in about 45 minutes, and, of course, we will show you every minute in tampa at the republican convention. the people behind the delegates,

is there a sense of excitement and energy at this convention? >> much about some of the new names in the party we are getting to hear about. even chris christie did not have the most electrifying speeches, though he normally has a very good ones, people are interested to hear from chris christie and paul ryan and other names like bob mcdonnell and scott walker. scott walker has been a real star, and, of course, he won the recall election earlier this year. in wisconsin, over the past couple of years, people are very excited about him. also, haley. >> we talked to governor scott walker, and we will show you a portion of that interview, in case you missed it, and we will also be checking in with the "milwaukee journal sentinel"

head, and ann romney getting her a sense of what this whole experience is like for her and her family. >> i just want to say thank-you to the romneys welcoming me, my husband, our three children, on this journey. our future. that is what this race is all about. story is an inspiration, and this is an unexpected blessing in the campaign. it is a privilege to join you and mitt on this campaign. it is an honor to be on america of's -- to be on america's combat team, and enjoying your

breakfast. thank you. >> she is from oklahoma. by the way, there was a veteran of washington politics. susan is on the floor here from the "tampa bay times" forum. >> the youngest delegate, 17 years old, when do you turn 18? >> september 18, and that qualifies me to be a delegate here at the party convention. >> what has that been like? >> i have gotten a lot of this media exposure. they are concerned, and they want to know what the concerns are. because i am the youngest delegate here, i am kind of a representative for those who were not able to come to the convention. i am trying to relate that to the general media. >> there is a japanese television crew, so it is not

just the youth group in the united states. >> that speaks to the fact that this election is not just important to the united states. we play an important part to the trade in other countries as well as our own. >> when did you get interested in politics? >> for a long time, back in middle school. my dad took me to the state republican convention, and i really attribute that interest in politics to the fact that my grandparents immigrated to this country, immigrants a few decades ago. i think it gives me and my descendants the economic freedom and liberty they lacked in their homeland. i am trying to preserve that, and my support of the conservative movement is partly based on that, trying to bring back the things they came here for, making sure their sacrifice was not in vain. >> northern virginia, where you

are from, is generally blue, and they tend to be more blue than conservative, so what is your reaction to what they do? >> 4 virginia voters who voted for president obama last time and younger voters who voted for him overwhelmingly last time, the republican side, mitt romney, and we have the momentum. barack obama is counting on the key demographics. they really become disappointed and disaffected. he had shown that he does not represent virginia values. virginia does need someone who will let us improve our systems. they want to use money from offshore production to increase funds for transportation and lower tuition costs for lower- in, virginians, and president obama put a stop to that. i do not think that will play well, especially among the

highly-educated voters who want to get nice jobs. i do not think president obama on the youth vote is representative of their views. respecting their freedom and individuality. just like they want their other authority figures to respect their freedom and individuality. the government has not done that by centralizing control in washington, d.c., and so, in both of those critical groups, president obama had shown that he is out of touch. >> what did the selection of paul ryan due to this ticket? >> i think this selection of paul ryan made this race fundamentally different, because he started a discussion of some issues that have not really been discussed before and that are discussed for the future of american youth. the debt and social programs

have always been considered the third rail of american politics. talking about those issues, it is great that we have a champion of this on the ticket. i think it is one of the main issues for american youth today. president obama is trying to take our eyes off of the $16 trillion issue, by talking about women. there are some young people who have not even been able to vote yet. i think it is a war on students, and i think paul ryan will help. >> when you walked through the door and came into the hall for the first time, what was your reaction? >> it was an amazing feeling. i have to give credit to the people who brought me here. my constituents back home in the eighth district the trust me to represent them in who i think what a younger perspective in the republican party speaking for them because the issues of

today are really overwhelmingly impacting american students, and the fact that they were willing to put their trust in me speaks volumes about those voters and about the republican party, having their trust, being in this convention hall. it hits you, what your responsibilities are to be a party, and also what has been bestowed upon you. >> well, thanks for talking to us, and enjoy your next few days. >> thank you. >> and a reminder, c-span has a student kim -- studentcam contest, and you can find more by logging on. 17 years old. what were you doing at that age? >> my brother was a delegate to one of the conventions when he was 17, turning 18, and then, he actually switched parties

thereafter, so at 17, i knew i was on my way to college to be a reporter. >> a couple of things i wanted to ask you about before we let you go. the tampa bay forum, there are several security checkpoints. how does that impact the feeling inside this arena, if at all? >> it has impacted it for a lot of people. i was at the conventions in both denver and st. paul, and the security was nowhere near as obtrusive as it is here. there are a lot of veterans at the conventions that believe they should be the end. this year, we have a three-day convention because of isaac, and the democrats are starting on tuesday next week, not on labor day. it feels to people like there is no use for this. it has not been that productive. a couple of big speeches.

and the security does not help that feeling of a lack of productivity at all. >> and the missouri delegation, what does that tell you about the feelings of those delegates, and even though he is not here at this? >> many delegates have expressed some disappointment with mitt romney for suggesting that todd akin should get out of the race. of course, missouri is an middle of the road state, but actual republicans in missouri are actually a conservative, and they actually agree with some of socialin's seize on issues, so they do not want to talk about it -- some of todd akin's social politics. >> erin mcpike, we'll clear

politics. -- real clear politics. looking back at some of the speeches of what mr. ryan is facing as a nominee over the past 25 years, he are some of the remarks before past conventions. [video clip] i am pleased to be the first of my generation to be on a national ticket. [cheers and applause] i do not presume to talk for every one of my generation, but i know that a great many will agree with me when i express my thanks to the generation of george bush for bringing us to an era of freedom and opportunity. [cheers and applause]

my generation has a profound debt to them. we pay it by making sure that our children and the generations that follow will have the same freedom, the same family values, and a future bright with opportunity for all. [cheers and applause] video clip >> a better america, a -- [video clip] >> a better america, an america that honors all of the institutions, the values that moms and dads want to pass on to their children. the daily reality.

equality in human dignity, and equality before the laws of mankind as well as in the eyes of god, an america that transcends the boundaries between the races, with a revolutionary power of a simple and very profound idea, to love our neighbors as ourselves. we must remember what is at stake in the american cultural renewal, the meeting, as well. today, more than ever before, american ideas and ideals with the imaginations of women and men in every corner of the globe, and is it not exciting, it is it not exciting that in 1776, only this time, all over the world? [video clip] >> if the goal is to unite our country, to make a fresh start in washington, to change the tone of politics, then anyone

with conviction say the man for that job is al gore? >> no! >> they came in together. now, let us see them off together. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting]

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, the wind has turned, and it is time. it is time for them to go. [cheers and applause] [video clip] >> i love those hockey mom. the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? lipstick. [cheers and applause] so i signed up for the pta because i wanted to make my kids' education even better, and

i did not need focus groups, because i knew those voters, and i knew their families, too. before i became governor of the great state of alaska, i was mayor of my home town. and, since our opponents in this presidential elections seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. [cheers and applause] >> sarah, sarah! >> i guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except you have actually responsibilities. [cheers and applause]

>> the acceptance speeches of previous vice-presidential nominees, all part of the c- span.org video library. you can check it out at our convention hubs, and you can get gavel-to-gavel coverage, and next week in charlotte, n.c., and from the convention site, our archive video, the schedule of events. you can read tweets and have google+ handouts with delegates as well as members of the media. we encourage you to post your own 15-second video. you can read the latest blog articles, all part of the c-span convention hall. check it out at c-span.org. and paul ryan is accepting the nomination tonight. what can you expect this evening? >> he obviously has to introduce himself. a lot of people do not know him. he has to make the case for mitt

romney in ways that mitt romney cannot make himself, and he has to make the case against president obama and try to strike a tone that is disapproving, but not too sneering or disdainful. >> we prepare for the gavel to come down in less than half an hour. susan? >> let me introduce you to a doctor in the delegation. this is your second convention? last time as an alternate, this time as a full delegate. >> yes. >> how long have you been involved? >> governor pataki, 2002. >> and why did you want to be a delegate? >> we have to bring back the people in our community what it means to be part of the political party. you cannot change things from outside. i realize that there are real people here, and we see them

every day in our neighborhoods. >> where? >> i have an apartment, most of my time in new york. >> what has the experience been like you? >> it is unbelievable. more important, the message, and it is a message that goes very well with the hispanic community. i really believe that president obama deserved to be elected. that times have changed. i believe he has tried, but it does not work. it is a time for somebody who has a vision, who knows business, because i am a small- business owner. i work with my own hands with my

family, and i believe we need somebody who understands that. we need to take care of everybody there. >> doctor, you have your own party leader that officials are saying this party is not doing enough to reach out to the hispanic community of the united states. do you agree with that? >> i do not think so. you know, one thing i like about this party, not dividing people by race or by sex or by religion. it should not be. we are the same. our race. nobody cares about your preference. you just live in the community. and here, every time there is an election, they try to polarize, trying to get close to 50%, and

the politics here is a head what is in any other country. -- is ahead what it is in any other country. part-time or doing something, just to keep alive. we should change that. the president tried hard. he was well elected. he did not do immigration reform. he had two years to pass it. two years to pass it. when he controlled it. he did not do it. he was not able to pass it. he knew he did not have the votes. everybody goes to the line.

12 years, why would somebody get it before my family, who is playing by the rules? what i recommend is that i believe that since i came to this country, i have to carry this to travel. i have to carry my license. a license to vote. everybody who lives in this country, buying beer and alcohol, 21. why not to vote? >> interesting issues. have a good time tonight in the new york delegation. thank you, doctor. >> susan, thank you. the security checkpoints, coming inside the tampa bay times forum, this set at night, and the session previously got

abbreviated. this is the vantage point of the washington bureau chief of the "milwaukee journal sentinel." in the paper today, somebody started out, familiar in washington, d.c., a restaurant. he worked on capitol hill, then was elected to congress, and among the adjectives or descriptions, somebody who was disciplined, focused, disciplined, and someone who has network, his entire career. >> yes, he has really developed relationships, mentors, jack kemp chief among them, but a lot of of the once, so from the time he was in college and then a staffer on the hill, he really zeroed in on policy, particularly economic policy, and obviously got elected to congress at a very young age, at the age of 28, and then not to

all along in his congressional career, he became the top republican on the republican -- on the committee, and it became a platform for almost dictate economic policy for his party in congress. >> let me share a portion with you of the interview we did what scott walker yesterday. from wisconsin, and the first congressional district, and the republican governor explaining the long friendship he has had with congressman paul ryan. [video clip] >> he texted me frequently during my campaign words of encouragement. i would do this thing now for him, but i texted him that friday night. amazingly, i sat down to say my prayers before going to bed, to pray for paul and janna, and i

said, "tonight, i start out praying for you and your family." the next day on the uss wisconsin, they would be making that announcement, and what is amazing to me, which people will see tomorrow, he is not just courageous. he is not one of the most -- in or out of politics, i do not know of anybody more decent and paul ryan. he will be a great help to president mitt romney. >> putting this into perspective, the republican party of wisconsin certainly getting a lot of attention this year. >> yes, the chairman of the rnc, reince priebus, they are all gen-xers, and they also share a very aggressive almost take-no- prisoners style when it comes to

the scale and the ambition of the public policies that they are pursuing, particularly on walker and ryan, really some interesting parallels. walker taking on collective bargaining for employees, ryan taking on entitlements. kind of going much further than republicans had gone before, and really inspiring an incredibly fierce and deep support and achieving a status in the republican party and the conservative movement. as a result, we saw on the floor when scott walker was making introductions for wisconsin, in a not particularly dramatic moment of the evening, he was interrupted by a long, sustained applause by the delegates of the other states because of who he was. >> is that a battleground state because of the paul ryan presence on the ticket? >> yes, i think paul ryan does help on the margins in wisconsin and also assures that the romney

campaign in vests significantly in wisconsin, which was not a sure thing -- invests significantly in wisconsin, which was not a sure thing before the convention. this really, i think, does push wisconsin in that short-lived set of true-battleground states, a place that americans would like to take and flip a blue state, so they can they afford to lose a potential red state here or there on the map. >> this campaign 2012. let me show you something. the weekend that paul ryan was announced as the running mate to mitt romney, the first congressional district in milwaukee. [video clip] ♪

[cheers and applause] >> thank you, everybody. thank you, wisconsin. it is did to be home. [cheers and applause] ah, ah. i tell you, i love wisconsin. [cheers and applause] mm. oh, i see my family over here next to the stadium. i have got a lot of family. i tell me what, i love you, too,

man. [cheers and applause] i am fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800's. this is where we have raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. [cheers and applause] i think back about, it you know, my grandparents in their winnebago, in the county. i think about camp over in fairchild in another county. janna, our daughter liza, our sons charlie and sam, live on the block i grew up on with

other ryan family is about eight blocks from our home. [laughter] my veins run with cheese, bratwurst, and some miller. [cheers and applause] i was raised on the packers, badgers, box, and brewers -- bucks, and brewers. i like to hunt and fish and snowmobiler here. i even think ice fishing is interesting. >> paul ryan in wisconsin, as you can hear the band warming up. we go to susan, in the delegation. >> i am in the north carolina delegation, and i want to introduce you to the president of the tea party in his home

town in north carolina. how happy are you with this ticket? >> i am very, very happy, and i support both candidates, and i am looking forward to them going on in becoming president and vice-president of the united states. we are electing a ceo and a cfo, and that is exactly what this country needs. >> how will they be able to deliver a victory in the fall? >> i think north carolina is primed to go republican. we have been working with the grass roots, registering voters, calling voters, identifying who needs a ride. i think north carolina will be moving to the red state category, and i am looking forward to it. >> will you be able to convince your fellow tea party supporters to go to the polls? >> around the state, as a matter of fact, i am coordinating one

in about 10 days, some state groups to come together to start working together to make this happen, so i am sure and confident that north carolina will be red at the end of this convention. >> you are also going to charlotte. tell me about that. >> michele bachmann, on the first day of the democratic convention, set up in responses to vice president joe biden, so we are looking forward to going peacefully and showing who we are and that we are here to stay and that we believe in this country. >> last question for you, and that is that this is your first convention. how supportive have the members been of you as a member of the tea party? >> i have never been to anything like it. just to be in on the floor the last 1.5 days has been phenomenal. looking forward to hearing or romney and everybody else. when romney gets up there, it

will be great. they realize we need to work together, and i do not win every battle, but i also do not lose every battle. >> from north carolina, thanks for talking to us. >> thank you. >> behind us, we go back to craig gilber on "the milwaukee journal sentinel." >> i think the tone he will make, the critique of president obama, i do not think they want to do it in an insulting and disrespectful way. i do not think they will be touching on a lot of the cultural hot buttons and one- liners, the way sarah palin did, which is not so much paul ryan's personality. he worked with some speechwriters for president bush and cheney. one is from wisconsin. he also wrote speeches for dan

quayle, so it is all about wisconsin in the and, of course. >> the nominee is the pit bull, trying to be the attack dog against the president and vice president, and we have seen that from joe biden. we saw that during 2008. will we see that in this campaign? >> it is all about time. i think you have to be in a tone that you're comfortable with. if someone else was running mate, i think you would hear a different tone. being collegial and working well with his colleagues, he has a pronounced worldview and different world view, and he likes to draw stark lines and bright contrast with the other party, but he thinks of himself as somebody who does not personalize these political disputes. >> a question from earlier, and that is whether or not this party is unified in united, with

some paul ryan supporters, tea party supporters, some arriving tonight, and do they leave united? do they leave energized and ready to do battle against the president? >> i think more united than you would have thought if you were looking at the question from the vantage point of the middle of the republican nominating fight. i think the selection of paul ryan, he sort of unites in a different fashion. he is an economic conservative, but he is also a social conservative, even though he does not emphasize those. that placates the base on a number of levels, and it helps to bring people together, and it helps to suits -- sooth conservatives. >> is this seamless in terms of working with each other, the big issue in 2008 between sarah palin and the mccain campaign? >> from the outside, obviously, it feels like the two

candidates seem to get along and sort of click, and that was probably a factor of the paul ryan selection. they came together in wisconsin during the primaries in late march and early april, and i have noticed that paul ryan has been allowed to maintain some of his long-time staffers. they have not all been replaced. some have outside people working for him, but he also has some of his own people, so i do not see a lot of that discord. >> i want to go back to a previous convention. congressman paul ryan among those addressing them. this is part of our c-span videos. let's watch. [video clip] >> when george bush entered the white house, he inherited an economy that was sliding towards recession. let's not talking about declining. the dot com bubble had burst.

in response, george bush delivered tax relief for all americans because he understands that people, not government, starts the businesses and create the jobs that drive our economy. he pushed congress to accelerate the tax cuts, to boost growth and job creation. he doubled the child tax credit and cut the marriage penalty to help parents make ends meet. he provided incentives for small businesses to invest and expand, and he put the death attacks on the pact to extinction. -- the death tax on the path to extinction. the economy is strong and getting stronger. during the past year, we have created over 1.5 million new jobs. the unemployment is falling. productivity is surging. an american manufacturing is

adding jobs. thanks to the bush tax relief, every american who pays better income-tax is now keeps more of what he or she earns. -- who pays income taxes now keeps more of what he or she earns. >> talking to mr. ryan othe family or staff about what this is like so far? >> i have talked to his brother. i have talked to his staff. it is obviously an exciting and overwhelming for them in some ways. -- and an exciting and overwhelming for them. we will talk to him about all of this. so far, on the campaign trail, what i am hearing from paul ryan is familiar in terms of his rhetoric and his personality. it will be interesting to see if that is it tonight.

>> craig gilbert, from "milwaukee journal sentinel," you have been generous with your time the last few days. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> rain has moved in, and the skies clearing, and the gavel will come down in less than 10 minutes. let's take a look at the schedule and see what we can exploit. senator mitch mcconnell will be followed by a tribute to center ron paul with ran paul, and in the 8:00 p.m. eastern hour, we will hear from senator john mccain of arizona. that will be followed by senator john thune, and a number of speakers on the shortlist for the vice-presidential nomination. the governor of puerto rico, governor luis fortuno, governor

tim pawlenty, he will be addressing the convention, and then mike huckabee. prime time for the networks, including the prime-time network, covering that hour of the convention, condoleezza rice, followed by governor susan martinez, and then paul ryan, who was on the stage, making sure the camera angles were right, and then family members on the podium. we will continue to cover every moment of the convention, it is on our website, c-span.org, and you can look at our video library. let's take it down to the floor at the tampa bay times forum. the gavel will be coming down in just a couple of minutes.