murphy who said he is ready for a potentially bruising fight. former governor and presidential candidate tommy thompson won the primary in wisconsin, narrowly edging out the conservative opponents. they did the backings of paul ryan and scott walker while facing attacks from critic who is tried to play for a health care mandate. he will face tamy baldwin in the general election race that could help tomorrow control of the united states senate.

paul ryan is a good choice for republicans, but i think he's a great choice for the democrats. let's turn to keith boykin, also with us tonight, republican strategist susan del percio and democratic strategist michael murphyall of you with us tonight. i'll start with you, susan. would this be risky business for mitt romney if he were to pick paul ryan based on the reaction that was out there when the ryan plan was presented and the way it is just so out of the main stream from what americans are used to when you start talking about vouchers on health care? >> to back it up, the promo was right. there's a lot of conservatives out there who like paul ryan, who would like to see him. however, politically speaking, i cannot see how he would be on the ticket. >> why not? >> he's too divisive. this should not be an election about paul ryan or frankly any of the other high profile people who were mentioned. if romney is going to be successful, it's got to be a referendum on barack obama and he can't get into a back and forth with people on his own ticket. they can't decide how they get along or disagree if they're going to be united against president obama, if they're going to win. >> he may have a hard time coa

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murphy who said he is ready for a potentially bruising fight. former governor and presidential candidate tommy thompson won the primary in wisconsin, narrowly edging out the conservative opponents. they did the backings of paul ryan and scott walker while facing attacks from critic who is tried to play for a health care mandate. he will face tamy baldwin in the general election race that could help tomorrow control of the united states senate. >> news that british bank standard charter agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement as we get up in your business. live in london for us, fill us in on the story. >> it's amazing how quickly the two parties came to a settlement. the man in charge of the new york financial services came to an agreement with the $340 million settlement with standard charts that denied it carry out this $250 billion worth of road trains with iran over the last ten years. a week ago we had them at the new york authorities office saying this was a road financial institution. this is not the end of it. the fed, the fbi and the treasury and the doj are looking at this and have been for a long time. they jumped the gun and called it. a fascinating story that will go on and on. lockharts

in the conservative base, but as mike murphy outlines in an op-ed is with swing voters and independents. those are the ones he needs to win over. his choice of paul ryan flummoxes all of us. now he has the rape stuff, the medicare stuff, these extremist positions that he's going to have to defend because he's already courted these folks. and now he doubly as the ire of the mike huckabees and the family research council folks who said wait a second, you're undermining one of our pillar positions on abortion. >> chris hayes, that part of the republican politics was always willing to accept a wink here and there from the george h.w. bushes and others who were highly suspect into just how fervently they believed all the anti-abortion talk they got dragged into, but today anyway, that side of the party seems to be saying hey, wait a minute, you better start kowtowing to us, too here. >> well, if you look at -- that part of the party is acendant in almost every direction. the state levels, they control all efl wills of government and done essentially everything in their power, actually implemented state policies that makes getting abortions more and mo

paul ryan is a good choice for republicans. but i think he is a great choice for the democrats. for more, keith, susanne, and democratic strategist michael murphye all of you with us tonight. i'll start with you, susanne. would this be risky business for mitt romney if he was to the reaction when the ryan plan was presented and the way it was just so out of the mainstream from what americans are used to when you start talking about vouchers on health care in. >> to back up your promo was right. there's a lot of conservatives that like paul ryan and would like to see him. however, politically speaking, some of the other high-profile picked, if romney is going to be successful, it's got to be a referendum on barack obama and he cannot get into a back and forth with people on his own ticket. they should not be deciding how they get along or disagree if they are going to win. >> but he may have a hard time coalescing the conservative base. ryan would take care of that. >> and also cause other issues where nobody is going to question rob portman's credentials. >> it was sarah palin until election day. paul ryan is not a hockey mom. when you talk abo

murphy will make the road trip. >>> one other thing to keep an eye on the tight end position. chris cooley will play fullback in the game. niles paul been coming very fast at that tight end position and what about fred davis? he had some issues off of the field last year that kept him out of the final four games. something we addressed yesterday after practice. >> here with fifth year tight end fred davis. can you believe four years have already come and gone in your pro career? >> no, i cannot. but it goes by fast. i heard once you come in you're on the way out. >> fred, let's address the elephant in the room. obviously, last year you and the trent williams were suspended the last four games for violating the substance abuse policy. fans say they want to make sure fred is okay that it won't happen again. how do you reassure fans that that's behind you? >> by doing what i'm doing now. just focusing on what's at hand here, making sure i'm here for every game, making sure i'm not suspended doing what we have to dove the field all the things that you have to do for the nfl off the field. over time there won't be issues. >> so for you

paul ryan. i can ad lib. i can't read. my dirty secret. >> maybe a bigger font for you. >> microsoft-like font to read this. >>> not so fast, mike murphy.es they get burned. take a listen to what he said about dunkin' brands last month. >> looking at earnings right now, you get a lot of blow-up, a lot of down 10%, 15%, 20%. didn't want to own it in to the number and trade off about 2.5 points today and an entry point, a way to play starbucks if they beat to the upside. >> shares of dunkin cooled off 11% since that play. mike? is it time to smell the coffee. >> it's not selling. we missed a small part of the clip there. >> accusing us of selective editing? >> i would never. starbucks trading in the 51, 52 range and whether to hold the stock there. i said i don't want to be long starbucks in to the earnings. i replaced it with dunkin 'donuts and traded between 29 and 32. we were in the stock right around 30 and just under 30. we're still long dunkin and down about 7% in the trade and down but if you listen to the whole tape i said i would buy starbucks on a pullback and i did. just under 52. long again in the 44 range. sold it at 47. stil

murphy, editor. thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you, al. >> thank you. >> congressman, let me start with you. we are learning when you -- we are learning when you get paulre also getting a financially backed koch brothers agenda. let me put it that way. you have worked with him a while. what can you tell us -- >> yes. >> about his ties to big money? >> well, he's received over -- koch industries pac has given him over $100,000. biggest industry energy pac to him. he attends their biannual little meeting they have which is a closed-door sort of thing. and as a matter of fact, his voting record reflects those sort of priorities. like he's -- leading advocate of the keystone and is -- as you said, he's -- not an advocate of dealing with renewable energy. and at the end of the day, this is why i'm glad that paul ryan's on the ticket because we have clear choices. we have a person who is koch brothers back and who is -- bad on renewable energy. for fossil fuels. gets tons of money from them. is a devotee of ayn rand. americans will have a good opportunity to make a clear choice. >> now, when we look at the fact that the koch brothers are going to spend $200

i'm chef paul murphy. and today, we're going to make an absolutely fabulous strawberry salad with bleu cheese from point reyes. i have some romaine lettuce, some strawberries, some carrots. and we're going to finish it off with a balsamic glaze. thesd are the simple steps you're goin@ to take to enjoy this wonderful strawberry salad. some romaine lettuce, we're going to cut it as strips. next, we're going to slice up some of the strawberries. we're going to place these ingredients in a bowl, add some of the carrots, and last but not least, that delicious point reyes bleu cheese. we're going to put, oh, a nice amount. we'll chop it up. so we'll tosp this. we'll add some of the balsamic glaze. what it is, it's pomegranate syrup, and i reduce it, and i add balsamic vinegar to it. so it's a wonderful, wonderful alternative to something else. this dish can be enjoyed as a first course, or i would serve it as a dessert with a nice port, or maybe a big cab, and you finish off a lovely evening at home. so there's