chairman of the democratic national committee and vermont governor, howard dean, and msnbc s steve kornacki and krystal ball. governor dean, a lot of democrats are saying, you know, this is the dream ticket. this is who they wanted on there. i actually don t think it s spin. as much as this is a time for spin, and you were going to get a spin reaction, no matter what in these situations, i don t think they re kidding. i think this is the ticket that the democrats want. well, you know, i think you have to be careful of talk like that, because it sounds like you re taking things for granted and you shouldn t. but ryan clearly is not going to help in florida. and it s true that if the democrats win in florida, then it s game over for the republicans. so i do think that governor romney has weakened his position significantly by picking paul ry. he s an amiable guy, but his views really are extreme. they re extreme on women s issues, they re incredibly extreme on medicare issues. we did
was then and think about it when you listen to what laura ingraham, conservative radio talk show host, laura ingraham said about how she felt romney was doing on friday, pre-pall ryan. let s listen to it. i might be the skunk at the picnic, but i m going to say it and i m going to say it clearly. romney is losing. i don t like to start a friday show like this, but i feel like i must. i don t pretend to have all the answers, but i know one thing. conservatism wins. if the election were held today, mitt romney would lose. and if the election were held today, mitt romney would lose. but steve, that s where republicans were. they were depressed. absolutely. and that s how i interpret this move. i think, there is a large element of panic to it. a large element of desperation to it. but i wouldn t say it s entirely panic and entirely desperation.
look at the differences. president obama was in iowa today, where he welcomed paul ryan, the vice presidential candidate he and joe biden were hoping to get a chance to run against. this weekend, my opponent, mr. romney, chose his run as his running mate, the ideological leader of the republicans in congress. he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney s vision. but the problem is, that vision is one that i fundamentally disagree with. a new usa today /gallup poll finds paul ryan scores the lowest initial ratings of any vice presidential pick since george h.w. bush picked dan quayle. the nationwide survey taken sunday found 45% of registered voters think ryan is a fair or poor choice. 39% said ryan was excellent or pretty good. 16% have no opinion. joining me now is former
thank you. no one believes mitt romney. if you don t run chris christie, romney will be the nominee and we ll lose. it was a rough first day alone on the vice presidential campaign trail for medicare s worst enemy, paul ryan. are you going to cut medicare?! i think it s [ shouting ] it s a simple question! are you going to cut medicare?! i would like to be respective of one another. like i said [ shouting ] hey, hey! paul ryan, who has been falsely praised by washington republicans as a detail man, obviously doesn t believe that details can help him now. congressman ryan, what do you think should be done about the drought problems here? oh, we ll get into all these
it was a rough first day alone on the vice presidential campaign trail for medicare s worst enemy, paul ryan. are you going to cut medicare?! i think it s [ shouting ] it s a simple question! are you going to cut medicare?! i would like to be respective of one another. like i said [ shouting ] hey, hey! paul ryan, who has been falsely praised by washington republicans as a detail man, obviously doesn t believe that details can help him now. congressman ryan, what do you think should be done about the drought problems here? oh, we ll get into all these policy things later, alex. right now i just want to enjoy the fair. our job is to strengthen and protect medicare.