the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. in this special hour we will take a close look at the man mitt romney has skoed sked to join him on the presidential ticket, paul ryan. romney made the announcement from front of the battleship uss wisconsin. ryan made a name in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous chacter shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school and that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should, but paul did with the help of his devoted mother, his brothers and sister, and a supportive community. as he did he internalized the virtues and hard working effort of the midwest. paul ryan works in washington but his
bret: the country will get to know paul ryan much better in the next 87 days. but we can give you a pretty good idea of who he is and where he came from right now. correspondent steve brown is in ryan s hometown of jaynesville, wisconsin. we need new leadership to become part of the solution, new leadership to restore prosperity, economic growth and jobs. [ cheers and applause ] paul ryan is young for national politics, but that s not to say he s new to it. in the 90s, he worked for two republican u.s. senators, wisconsin bob casten and sam brownback of kansas. in 96, he wrote speeches for vp nominee jack kemp. two years later he won a seat in the u.s. house, although one badger state gop leader admits he tried to talk ryan out of it. after about a 15 minute conversation, i could see that he had his heart set on running for congress and i kind of shrugged it off and said good
in this special hour, we re taking a close look at the man mitt romney s asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. fittingly, romney made the big announcement in front of the battle ship, the uss wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here in washington, by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! [ cheers and applause ] his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character, shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school. that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should, but paul did, with the help of his devoted mother, his brothers and sister, and a supportive community. and as he did, he internalized the virtues