s. >> bold? >> nbc news political director chuck todd was the first to break the story friday night into saturday morning and a few hours later in norfolk, virginia, mitt romney introduce edday in front of a big, high energy crowd in high port, north carolina. the pair then capped off the weekend at a rally in ryan's home state of wisconsin in front of a crowd of nearly 10,000 people. a visibly emotional paul ryan thanked the people for their support, but quickly went on to attack against president obama's policies. >> we are at that proverbial fork in the road in america. the president came into office with so much hope, offering so much change, he got the power he wanted. he got his party in control. he passed almost every item on his agenda. it's law now. and now, we're seeing the results. a country with a health care system that's about to be taken over. a country with four years of trillion dollar deficits. a country in economic stagnation. >> president obama reacted yesterday from chicago. >> my opponent chose his running mate. the idealogical leader of the republicans in congress, mr. paul ryan. i want to congratulate -- no, no, no. i want to congratulate congressm