democratic congressman kathy castor will be our guest. jason cheffetz and john negroponte joins us and "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody, our starting point this morning is the paul ryan factor. a new poll shows ryan's addition to the ticket has turned his home state of wisconsin into a battle ground state now. the overall numbers aren't changing much, 49% of registered voters say they back president obama, 45% say they support governor romney. it's very positive polling of ryan in that state that now makes it up for grabs in our cnn analysis. a state that hasn't gone red since ronald reagan. >> hey, soledad, if you look at the poll, it doesn't really -- ryan doesn't radically change the polling but does change the perception each of those campaigns has about this election. after all, wisconsin is really very key to both sides, 10 electoral votes. if you look at 2008, barack obama won it by 14 points. we're looking at quite a difference. also, it's a state that there are now eight states as toss-ups so a lot is changin

joining me is kathy castor the democratic representative for florida's 11th district.rst, i want to play something that former florida governor jeb bush said in an interview on "meet the press" this sunday. take a listen. >> i think it's time for him to move on. i mean, he -- look, the guy was dealt a difficult hand, no question about it, but he's had three years. his policies have failed. rather than blame others which i know we were taught that was kind of unbecoming over time, you just can't keep doing that. maybe offer fresh new solutions to the problems we face. >> congresswoman, that's the governor basically defending his brother and his record over eight years as president and the fact that our current president seems to lay a lot of blame on the former administration. do democrats need to move on, talk about what president obama can do in the next round? >> well, let me tell you what i'm hearing from my neighbors across the tampa bay area, an area where the recession hit earlier in 2007. we were in a housing crisis. people were losing jobs. they give president

>> congresswoman kathy castor has been joining us all morning, a democrat from tampa.ma. nice to have you with us. >> thank you. >> tell me what you thought was the biggest problem from the democrats perspective. that was a very friendly speech. it was a very personable speech. and he didn't attack president obama. he sort of said, listen, i understand if you're disappointed. maybe don't give him a chance. given me a chance. >> first of all, everyone in the tampa bay area has been thrilled to host the republican national convention. i think everyone had a different time, it went off without a hitch. >> says the congresswoman who represents tampa. >> law enforcement really did a fantastic job. i think it's clear after mitt romney's speech that republicans like democrats love america. we're allocused on economic opportunity for all. but the visions are very different. mitt romney and the republicans have a very narrow vision that's focused on a top down approach, rewarding those corporations that have those special interests, tax benefits, and the tax code. the very weal