the mayor asked the liasson from all departments. i wanted to be a part of this history. some parts i wouldn't want to be. this part was really wonderful and a joyous occasion and a long time coming. it's absolutely the right thing to do. to bring 2 loving people together, in helping acknowledge and certify that relationship, i find really wonderful and a joy and one of the most pleasurable things i have ever done in the city in my life. i will be continuing this afterwards >> when i was conducting the ceremony. some of the friends said, now it's real, now it's legal. in other words, they had gotten married before. this time, it's legal. you know, a sanctioned. it was hard for me to get to the end. i was starting to get emotional too. >> it's really one of the most extraordinary gifts to be given in life and that's to participate in a ceremony where you can celebrate the ultimate gift in life and that was falling in love. i say this because it's important to remind people. doesn't matter what position you have in life. you can't buy it and you can't force it upon anything

charles krauthammer, mara liasson, bill kristol. hear a smattering of delegates going to ron paul and rick santorum released his delegates, ron paul hasn't. this is a moment for romney. we talked the caucus for a long time and it was not foregone conclusion he'd win the race. up and down with the surges. this is meaningful to the party. but romney fought hard to get here. >> he fought hard to get here. primary is that he kept on winning but the headlines say romney weakness exposed, wins by a hair after mild night lik -- aftermidnight like in oh. many were distrustful of him but any state with more than 50% of the christian evangelicals in the primary he lost. every state with fewer he won. as soon as the primaries were over it's amazing how fast the party came together behind him. this party is united and wanting to defeat barack obama. that overcame the hesitancy about him. >> bill? >> like the voters in the old days for different candidates and went with different delegate in the state. it's so scripted there are three votes for

mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio.columnist charles krauthammer. casey hunt, national political reporter for the "associated press." and steve hayes for "weekly standard." mara, a big night. everyone says the speech of his political career but this probably is. >> that has the added benefit of being true. this is the biggest speech of his political career. the table is well set for him by paul ryan last night. now he has to pick up the ball. make the case for himself. sounds like he will do personal talking about his family and his faith. he is also going to make i think the most powerful argument, effective arguement that the republicans can make against barack obama, which is he was inspireded and exciting but he has been disappointing and it's okay to vote for a change and give somebody else a chance. >> bret: we're told by the campaign officials that he will talk about his religion, his faith. wove in through the speech. a lot of personal talk in this speech. >> i think the personal part is really important. the on

mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio.cated columnist charles krauthammer. juan williams, columnist with the hill. bill kristol editor of sandusky. one of thsand --"weekly standar" one of the biggest speeches is ann romney tonight, wife of mitt romney. we just received excerpts. i will read some of this. she will say tonight i want to talk to you about love. it read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, in the storybooks i read there were never long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once and the storybooks never had chapters called m.s. with breast cancer. storybook marriage? no. what we have a real marriage. she ends by saying i can't tell you what will happen in the next four years but i can stand here as a wife and mother and grandmother and american. ing may a solid commitment this man will not fail, this man will not let us down. this man will it up america. that is just some of the excerpts released by the romney campaign. your thoughts about this? the poshes of

and mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio.look at the polls and you saw paul ryan's performance. start with the interview. your thoughts? >> paul ryan is a fresh exciting face. the republican of the future. you can see why the party has been energized since romney put him on the ticket. he is responsible for a small bump. you call it really small, but a bump toward romney in the last few weeks. >> bret: which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling medicare? >> the thing that is interesting about that, democrats rejoiced when paul ryan was put on the ticket. they thought they had a juicy target because he wants to partially privatize medicare. they ran and attacked about it a lot. they ran ads. lo and behold it hasn't hurt the romney ticket. to neutralize the traditional historical advantage on the issue is an achievement. >> talking to romney folks they said if we can through the election play medicare to a draw, we're winning. >> this suggests in a poll that oversamples democrats, as many do, including the fox pol

and mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio.ok at the polls and you saw paul ryan's performance. start with the interview. your thoughts? >> paul ryan is a fresh exciting face. the republican of the future. you can see why the party has been energized since romney put him on the ticket. he is responsible for a small bump. you call it really small, but a bump toward romney in the last few weeks. >> bret: which candidate do you trust to do a better job handling medicare? >> the thing that is interesting about that, democrats rejoiced when paul ryan was put on the ticket. they thought they had a juicy target because he wants to partially privatize medicare. they ran and attacked about it a lot. they ran ads. lo and behold it hasn't hurt the romney ticket. to neutralize the traditional historical advantage on the issue is an achievement. >> talking to romney folks they said if we can through the election play medicare to a draw, we're winning. >> this suggests in a poll that oversamples democrats, as many do, including the fox poll

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