that will come up and does often when you make a choice like this. >> and an important one. >> paul gigot, good to have you. thank you. >> congressman paul ryan a rising star in the republican party and in the d.c. beltway. what impact will he have on voters in the key swing states? a fair and balanced debate on that, coming up. ♪ hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don'

we're joined by paul gigot. er vermont governor and dnc chair howard dean, our own cokie roberts, gavin newsom, host on current tv right now, and wall street journalist, peggy noonan. paul, on wednesday, april 8th, you write a long editorial, why not paul ryan? you get your wish. >> well, look, the romney campaign has never considered me a confidant. okay? so i can't take credit for this. >> oh, go ahead. >> they say you can't. because governor made the decision on august 1st. made the offer on august 8th. >> it speaks well, the choice, vice president don't determine elections, but do they reflect of the political character of the candidate. it speaks well of candidate romney. ryan is a serious, thoughtful man. man of ideas. he's in politics for the right reason. i have known him for 20 years. he's also been focused on policy and doing the right what he thinks is the right thing for the country. >> and you write he best exemplifies the nature and stakes of this election. >> he talks about it as a generational cho

. >>> welcome to the journal editorial report i'm paul gigot. all eyes on mitt romney as he makes his official debut as the republican presidential nominee thursday night in tampa florida going into the convention just 38% of voters have a favorable opinion of the former massachusetts governor. what can he do to help turn that around? joining the panel this week, dan hennig gather. jason reilly and dorothy rabinowitz. people haven't warmed to mitt romney, we know that. what does he need to do to communicate with people to change that opinion of him? >> he has to open himself up in a way that he hasn't before. in a way that many politicians don't but he especially. the talent on the political trail is you make a list of all of the things you are going to do, close this department, do this. what mitt romney has to do is sustain a speech a long speech at the convention and elsewhere, where he says i know there's anguish in this land. i know that there is long term unemployment. he has to instead of passing over that and say i'm gonna fix it. he's g

i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here, next week. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. test >> the president: i thought i would come by and just say health low >> president obama makes a rare and brief appearance in the white house briefing room. he's also setting guidelines for local media are they playing along. >>> congressman in trouble for making comments about rape and forced to apologize this book exposes the forces behind president obama and this book exposes the turmoil behind the obama campaign. how much attention are they getting in the media? jay leno pokes fun at the white house press corp. >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. radio tack show host -- radio talk show most monica crowley. jim pinkerton and washington correspondent for talk radio news service justin. i'm jon scott fox news watch is on, right now. >>> surprise, sprays! president obama making a visit to the white house briefing room monday this after receiving all kinds of criticism from reporters that he was shutt

. >>> welcome to the journal editorial report i'm paul gigot. all eyes on mitt romney as he makes his official debut as the republican presidential nominee thursday night in tampa florida going into the convention just 38% of voters have a favorable opinion of the former massachusetts governor. what can he do to help turn that around? joining the panel this week, dan hennig gather. jason reilly and dorothy rabinowitz. people haven't warmed to mitt romney, we know that. what does he need to do to communicate with people to change that opinion of him? >> he has to open himself up in a way that he hasn't before. in a way that many politicians don't but he especially. the talent on the political trail is you make a list of all of the things you are going to do, close this department, do this. what mitt romney has to do is sustain a speech a long speech at the convention and elsewhere, where he says i know there's anguish in this land. i know that there is long term unemployment. he has to instead of passing over that and say i'm gonna fix it. he's g

i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid. and that phrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that argument as the labor department releases the latest numbers on america's unemployed. a contradictory message of sorts on friday as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%, while 160,000 new jobs were added, in july. the romney camp wasting no time pushing their plans for the economy, laying out his economic agenda to the wall street journal this week. and is joining the panel. wall street columnist editor, dan henninger and kim extras many. dan, with the new jobs numbers coming out a week after the second quarter growth figures, measley 1 1/2% growth, is the state of the economy now fixed in the voter mind for november? >> i think so. i don't know whether it's fixed in the voters' minds. >> really. >> the fact is these are the numbers and the state of the economy between now and november. >> what does it tell you about that state? >> well, it me that they have to make a choice, make

watching, i'm paul gigot and we hope to see you here next week. >> on fox news watch. >> i did not make a mistake with this guy. >> mitt romney adds congressman paul ryan to the g.o.p. ticket and welcomes him to the race in the white house. was the media welcome just as warm? >> they're going to put you all back in chains. >> obama's right hand man goes very wrong, with what many perceived as a racial slur, and the liberal media do double duty, spinning the bad news. >> they don't say it lightly. >> the nbc's race expert takes political discourse to a new low, in fact, as low as they can go. >> our president is doing all he can to avoid tough questions from the white house press on the real issues and found time between campaign stops for his friends at entertainment tonight. meet the moderators of the next big debates. seem one-sided to you? >> and here is a photo that needs a catchy caption. >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton, contributing editor of the american conservative magazine and daily beast co

. ♪ welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot. >> well, that didn't take long, within hourshe republican presidential candidate, mitt romney naming wisconsin congressman paul ryan, and his running mate so-called g.o.p. professionals, began a fret over the choice, according to the beltway website, political reaction, from republican strategist and campaign options from gnawing apprehension to hair on fire anger. former george bush advisor, was one of the few to go on the record and i think it's a bold choice and interesting pick, that's going to elevate the campaign into a debate over big ideas. it means romney, ryan can run on principles, and provide some real direction and vision for the republican party. and probably lose. maybe big. joining the panel this week, wall street assistant etor james freeman and joe rago and washington columnist kim strassel. i want to get to the worry warts in the g.o.p. in a minute. but, first, is been a week since the ryan pick. how is it going so far? >> it's going great for them. i mean, they have-- this is exactly what mr. romney wanted to

jon: paul gigot from the "journal editorial report" and "the wall street journal.". >> thank you, jonhank you. jenna: well, we're going to continue to, hey there, jon, hey there, jenna. we go back and forth. paul ryan has a campaign rally at a high school in glen allen, virginia and i don't know if that is, guys is that happening now or was that happening -- it is okay. here we go. we're trying to get a live remote up for you. apparently the governor of virginia, bob mcdonnell, who was our guest on the show and introduced paul ryan and happy he knew what state he was in, which called back to jon's conversation with monica and julie a little while ago on some of the vice president joe biden's gaffs. there is paul ryan. he is there in virginia today. he will be down in florida tomorrow. busy time for him. >>> there may not be any humans on board but the mars rover curiosity gets to wake up to music each morning. we have the play list for you of the music that is rocking on mars. we're going to play that for you just ahead. you know, i was once used for small jobs. yeah, and i took on al

jon: paul gigot from "the wall street journal" paul, thank you. >> thanks, jon. sure to catch paul tomorrow. he will be hosting the "journal editorial report" 2:00 p.m. eastern time, discussing the big financial issues right here on fox news channel. >> we'll look forward to that. a wounded war i don't remember standing taller today. we've been following the recovery of staff sergeant travis mills who lost both arms and both legs in ied attack in afghanistan. that video is from a few weeks ago. we'll speak with him about the progress that he is making. >> when my guys get back later on in the year i want to be on tall legs. those are short legs. they make me 5'4". i'm really 6'2" legs. my goal so get in the 6'2" legs, stand in uniform and get a hand and salute my guys coming in. that is my goal right now. of mo. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you

i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid.hrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that argument as the labor department releases the latest numbers on america's unemployed. a contradictory message of sorts on friday as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%, while 160,000 new jobs were added, in july. the romney camp wasting no time pushing their plans for the economy, laying out his economic agenda to the wall street journal this week. and is joining the panel. wall street columnist editor, dan henninger and kim extras many. dan, with the new jobs numbers coming out a week after the second quarter growth figures, measley 1 1/2% growth, is the state of the economy now fixed in the voter mind for november? >> i think so. i don't know whether it's fixed in the voters' minds. >> really. >> the fact is these are the numbers and the state of the economy between now and november. >> what does it tell you about that state? >> well, it me that they have to make a choice, make a choice b

i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid.t phrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that argument as the labor department releases the latest numbers on america's unemployed. a contradictory message of sorts on friday as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%, while 160,000 new jobs were added, in july. the romney camp wasting no time pushing their plans for the economy, laying out his economic agenda to the wall street journal this week. and is joining the panel. wall street columnist editor, dan henninger and kim extras many. dan, with the new jobs numbers coming out a week after the second quarter growth figures, measley 1 1/2% growth, is the state of the economy now fixed in the voter mind for november? >> i think so. i don't know whether it's fixed in the voters' minds. >> really. >> the fact is these are the numbers and the state of the economy between now and november. >> what does it tell you about that state? >> well, it me that they have to make a choice, make a choic

in new york, paul gigot, editorial page editor for the "wall street journal."ncis host of "money with melissa francis" on the fox business network. and jim rutenberg, national political correspondent for the "new york times." thank you for being here. what about this story? it seemed like as the they progressed we learned more and more about this person. >> well, i think that the facts are so strange in the sense they are really not connected to the reality of the accusation the campaign is trying to make against romney. she got sick in 2006. right? romney had left bain in 1999. five years later is the accusation. it's so preposterous it hurts their credibility. >> when you look at the world cup, took the ad apart. they gave it four pinocchios not a good score. even when the husband was let go from the company. afterwards she still had insurance at her job. i think when we watch the political campaigns, there is always a low point in the campaign with an ad that really stands out, the least tasteful. i hope this is it. >> bret: jim, you cover ads for political

i'm paul gigot. democrats successfully used the phrase, it's the economy, stupid.and that phrase hit a nerve with the american public, but this may be the time for republicans to make that argument as the labor department releases the latest numbers on america's unemployed. a contradictory message of sorts on friday as the unemployment rate rose to 8.3%, while 160,000 new jobs were added, in july. the romney camp wasting no time pushing their plans for the economy, laying out his economic agenda to the wall street journal this week. and is joining the panel. wall street columnist editor, dan henninger and kim extras many. dan, with the new jobs numbers coming out a week after the second quarter growth figures, measley 1 1/2% growth, is the state of the economy now fixed in the voter mind for november? >> i think so. i don't know whether it's fixed in the voters' minds. >> really. >> the fact is these are the numbers and the state of the economy between now and november. >> what does it tell you about that state? >> well, it me that they have to make a choice, make