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the fox news channel. paul ryan is the vice-presidential running mate for mitt romney. find out more about congressman ryan. we have polster scott rasmussen from new jersey. great to see you. we saw the numbers at the end of the week that showed mitt romney was losing ground to obama. nine points in our fox news poll and 7 point in the cnn poll. people said he needs to make a bold move and needs to make it now. do you think in terms of public opinion it will turn things around and if yes, why. >> start with the premise that he was in trouble. it does show him down 9. but those following the race it is a tossum and that is a good approximateliation. we show romney up by two in

the rasmussen daily tracking poll right now. i think the campaign is very close and romney is a slight favorite to win. the pick will determed in the next 48 or 72 hours. right now. 39 percent of voters nationwide have a favorable opinion of rhine. 29 percent unfavor and independent voters most don't know who he is and opinions are soft. there will be a battle to define and introduce paul ryan. >> how hard do you think those numbers are scott in deepest darkest dolled rum of summer and most of the country is on vacation and longing to be and they don't pay attention to the convention . will this make a difference? it matters in the next few days? >> it will make a difference in terms of the way the narrative unfolds. if the romney campaign say it is a small town guy who

suggests that the campaign is really committed to cutting spending, that would be a big plus. if he's seen as a tool of corporate america that would be a negative. in terms was shifting voters not having an impact . not committed voters. they are simply not paying attention to the campaign at all. >> obviously it creates a buzz at a time when governor romney needs a buzz. but election cycle. people don't vote for the vice-president they vote for the nominee for president. how much difference does it make in the fall campaign and heading into november? >> by the time we get to november, this would be a secondary story. it is not even a choice between romney and obama it is a revverundum on the umincumbent president. and the biggest strength the president's job approval fell to 43 percent x. consumer

confidence fell to the lowest level of the year. it is the president's record that is going to be the top issue in this campaign. >> so what is the best issue that governor romney can hope for in the couple of days and weeks in announcing the pick. >> best thing to hope for. energize a lot of republicans who had their doubts most romney supporters have said the is a choice between the lesser of two evils and now maybe some. paul ryan is popular in the republican base. 69 percent of the republican voters have a good opinion of him. if he can get them energized that will help. shift to the question of spending it is a big thing. >> scott rasmussen joining us from new jersey,ing always good to see you, thank you for taking the time. and joining system republican governor john price and a close friend of

congressman paul ryan . what are you thinking today. >>im so incredibly excited. i know paul is vigorous and articulate and principle would individual who is solution-orient that's what the american people come to know. what they may not know off of the bat. he is a warm family guy and he's described like the fellow next door. this is what america needs right now. >> what do you think he brings to the table. it 1960 when lyndon delivered texas to john kennedy that a running mate brought something in terms of elect roral college. can he deliver wisconsin. >> that is possible. he brings a seriousness and knowledge and principle about the positive solution that embraced fundmental american principles and what he's about in his entire career in congress and always looking

for solutions. never one to dwell on the problems or the challenges. he's always solutions oriened and a man of remarkable and great character and a wonderful family that america got to see with the three children and janna, his wife. they will do everybody proud. >> congressman, we talked about this with the panel. paul ryan with a long history and seen as a technicrat. where is the relatable back story that voters out there in the country in particular independents can grasp on to in terms of trying to make the ticket very appealing to independent voters? >> look paul ryan is the fellow who got elected in a district that voted democratic in the top of the ticket. he has huge cross over appeal and great support and he comes from a working class community. as reported he lost his father

at aner early age and recognized he needed to step up has done so . comes with knowledge and experience and in the area of budget and economics and that's what the country needs along with governor romney who has the private sector experience to create jobs and they have clearly articulated to put more take-home pay in the back of the pockets of the american people. >> congressman price from georgia. good to talk to you. very much appreciate it. >> coming up more with the all-star panel and talk with security consultant about a ticket that seems to have a lack of foreign policy experience. does it really? we'll be right back. >> america is on the wrong track. but mitt romney and i will take the right steps in the right time to get us back on the right track.

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>> we are back with our panel. bill kristol and steve moore joining us right now . there is a little bit of a fight between steve and bill kristol. whose editoral it was and the weekly standard that catapulted. >> oh, only a fight. in steve. >> i am not going to tk about it i am just a modest guy. steve hayes and i would never take credit for anything. >> one of the things that we had congressman from maryland . gave an indof the democratic. tax cuts for the wealth yecut to medicare that are going to put an extra burden on the

elderly . we remember the tossing granny off of the cliff that came out after the first ryan budget. how does romney pull out. >> taxes are a tougher attacked and combined. they are cutting medicare . why do they have to cut medicare and education. they insist on giving them to the wealthy. people do know entitlements have to be reform even president obama said so. tax cuts for the wealthy they have not done a good job and i think you will see the democrats focus on that. >> we have known for two years that the democratic attack line is tax cuts to the rich and that's what they always do. bill, what is excited about having paul on the ticket. who is better to defend those policies than paul. he knows the stuff better than anyone. remember there a moment a

couple of years ago when bark obama was first elect there was an eight minute exchange between paul ryan and barack obama. there is no question who won the debate. he is articulate and understands them. i think he will make romney a stronger candidate. don't forget one of the things have known. i have known paul longer than bill has. when he first came to the town he worked for jack kemp and he is a protogee with the optmistic approach. >> and the narrative that the obama campaign is trying to establish about governor romney. he is a cold and uncaring guy who want to make mon yehe picks the running mate the guy throwing granny off of the cliff. are the democrats going to amp fly the negative by attaching

paul ryan to him. >> they will certainly try. but we saw a couple of thing in the announce going back in the times they campaigned. paul ryan put mitt romney at ease on the campaign trail. reporters who covered him day and in out. he felt at ease . he was less awkward than he is reputed to be . that is one thing that weighs in favor of the romney-ryan together . you heard them engage the bain experience as a positive and job creator. this is what many conservatives have called for mitt romney's campaign. you saw ryan to do that and i could expect him to tout the private sector experience and push back the narrative that democrats are pushing. >> quickly. >> and one of the things that he said today in the speech

was we are a country about aspiration and not -- taking on that line about the tax cut of the rich. one that is growth and aspiration and the democrats running a furor. >> and that is something important and pithy to say. >> it will have to wait. >> stay with us. we'll have to see this and pick up with the all-star panel and talk with the national security consultant mcfar len about the foreign policy. >> it is vital that we select the right man to lead america back to prosperity and greatness. that man, is standing right next to me. his name is mitt romney and he will be the next president of the united states.

>> we are back with our panel now. it took 30 seconds for the obama campaign to out in missive. in naming congressman paul ryan he shares the commitment to the flawed theory that busting budget tax cuts for the wealth yeplacing greater burden on the middle class and seniors. the attack points that will be going forward. take the brakes off and you have something important to say. >> unleash or unbound. there is no way around that statement and those things for ryan and now for governor romney. here's the deal. the only way they get elected

if they convince the america people that there is a crisis and the whole country turning into california on your editorial page on friday. but the country is facing a crise yis these are times that requires big solutions to fix them. there is not a muddle here and ryan has to demonstrate that he feels in his hart as a dad and small town guy he feels conviction that the country is in crisis and he can fix it. can you fix it by cutting spend not raising revenuings. >> yes, you can and introduce growth and deregulation and sowner energy policy. look. the budget will be transmittal and the democrats will try the medicare. but the campaign will be advised to have a broader growth and agenda and

reforming and reducing government is a key part. medicare cann't go on. you can say ryan want to change it. but medicare is going bankrupt it is a at that timus quo that endangers medicare. >> we talk about the district he's done well with blue collar workers and women. and mitt romney has a problem connecting with women and paul is great on the kitchen table issues that we are talking about. first time i am excited about going to tampa and hearing what he will say. >> you can't keep spend if you are a family at home you can't keep spending money you don't have. does congress and administration need to learn they have to do it differently? >> i think they do. and paul ryan is good at delivering that message.

i agree with what steve and bill and chris said. years ago ryan had a tendency to use acronyms and talk about thing in budget ease. he doesn't do it anymore. behuit is easy for people to identify with that message . people who understand that gravity of the situation that we are in. thanks for being with us this year hour. what does a romney ryan ticket need to direction in regard to foreign. joining us is the host of fox news lives death con three. great to see you. the progressive truman national security project came out today and viewed the dnc with extreme critism saying

romney and ryan fails the commander-in-chief test. what do you say to that? >> phooey. it is a brilliant foreign policy choice. why three reasons. biggest problem that america faces and national security according is the economy. if we don't fix the economy foreign policy is collateral damage. people forget my boss reagan in the first reagan term he fixed the economy. he didn't take down the soviet union until the success term. so fix the economyamerica's mediam problem is israel and iran. united states and israel have to see eye to eye on how to deal with iran. if they don't israel could be tempted to go off and start a war with iran that we have to finish . closest relationship is between romney and netanyahu. they have known each other 40

years. they are on the same page . may not always agree but on the sameparage. who is the foreign minister. kasistan. romney can get henry kissinger who opened china and did the first middle east . get george shut whereand jim baker have them be a wise man committee to vet the foreign policy picks are from the cabinet it is a great foreign policy choice because it shows that america can solve the problems and we are back. >> the idea of america exceptionalism and in a talk before the council of foreign relations. obama doesn't think that america is an exceptional. is this idea of america bigger and stronger than everybody play in the national security going forward? >> yeah. and john, that is the key

point f. you look around the world. what is the biggest problem with perception of america. we were a great empire and no longer and all the obama administration will do is manage the decline. with a romney-ryan ticket it is like reagan again. we can solve big problems and if the united states is the only mature democracy in the world to do that it sets the world on a new direction. >> casey mcfar land always great to see you. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks, john. this is a fox news election alert. mitt romney tapped paul ryan as running mate and two weeks to go to the republican convention. it sets up for a 12 city and four state, swing state tour. i am john roberts in washington and traveling with

him is campaign carl cameron. what is the agenda for the rest of the day. >> he will stop in ashlandd, virginia and then later today in manassus in northern virginia n recent years there was a change and to the extent it was as a red republican state . it is in large measure atransacted to an influx of voters in northern virginia and much more afluient and moderate and democratic electorate than what was the case historically in virginia. that's where romney will wrap up today. earlier in the debut of the romney ryan ticket. the house budget chairman and author of the ryan budget that so energized the republicans in the last couple of years for a serious attempt of cutting the 16 trillion dollar debt and dealing with the size

and growth of government in a conservative way. this is how he put it on the stump as the newly picked romney man. >> we don't duck the tough issues. we will lead. we can turn this thing around. real solutions can be delivered. but it will take leadership. and the courage to tell you the truth . >> there is a lot of changes in the romney campaign to get this announcement made and we have heard the big change in the upcoming four-state trip. we head down to north carolina tonight where there will be a series of events and we are begin to understand that there will be a change in plan and we'll run to wisconsin. paul ryan's home town and customary for the running mate team to go to the home state of the vice-presidential running mate and will do