few moments ago is the essence of someone and by pulling yourself up by your boot straps makes you a stronger and better person. that isn t to say let me clear about this that isn t to say welfare and certain social programs are not needed, because they are. but inherently, i can t tell you how much when the government comes knocking on the door, i m inherently distrustful. and that distrust for african-americans has a lot of good history behind it. particularly at the local level. this is the fight i was having with how vice president ryan was introducing republicanism in the reading of the declaration of independence. rights are natural, you don t need government. i m sorry, actually vice president ryan. uh-oh. i m sorry. vice presidential candidate ryan. no, it s okay. oh, god, please help us. and just before we go. i know that you did do a poll
it was eight days, nine days ago we were discussing paul ryan, the article in the new yorker called fuss budget. did you know then he was actually on the fast track to be a pick for the vp? no, we barely talked about it in my interview. the reason i wrote the piece, i wanted to think about what is romney going so do if he wins. if you want to understand what republicans will do if they gain the white house, paul ryan is the guy to understand. it was his policy agenda that you knew romney was going in the direction. i didn t think he would take paul ryan himself. you could have said yes and told us you did i want to be honest. i did say he was a long shot for veep. we re talking all about paul ryan today. in fact, we want to get up close and personal with the congressman. mitt romney says he is very happy with his new running mate, ryan seems genuinely moved by the appointment and at point practically crying with emotion. last night on 60 minutes. paul ryan said
romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, here s a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio don t go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. that s where he s kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he s joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the ticket? this is going to be an interesting day for the romney campaign. this selection for mitt romney will either be i guess apparent selection of paul ryan, will either be his boldest move of the campaign, or some will look at it as his biggest mistake. paul ryan is a powerful force on the house budget committee. and has been the leading voice in major budget reform over the past several years. but he s no rookie. he s been in congress for 13 years. was actually elected in 1998. and was
gotten tremendous heat. you see other things. i mean, not only this, but other things are leading to a point where as of yesterday, romney is leading in various polls and doing very well. people are not wanting to hear that when you look at what has happened with this country, how this country has built itself up from its boot straps. i mean, how they ito have worked. people have worked so hard. forget donald trump. i mean people and i do work hard and i am proud of that but people are working hard and then to hear a statement like this. they don t like it. greta: vice-president biden has said that the wealth doe very, very well and do not need a tax cut. now i think it s indeed true that donald trump, you dunted need a tax cuts. but tell me how a tax cut, or the continuation of the existing tax rate for you, what it does for you, in terms of job creation? are you more likely to create more jobs if it stays as it is or not?
gotten tremendous heat. you see other things. i mean, not only this, but other things are leading to a point where as of yesterday, romney is leading in various polls and doing very well. people are not wanting to hear that when you look at what has happened with this country, how this country has built itself up from its boot straps. i mean, how they ito have worked. people have worked so hard. forget donald trump. i mean people and i do work hard and i am proud of that but people are working hard and then to hear a statement like this. they don t like it. greta: vice-president biden has said that the wealth doe very, very well and do not need a tax cut. now i think it s indeed true that donald trump, you dunted need a tax cuts. but tell me how a tax cut, or the continuation of the existing tax rate for you, what it does for you, in terms of job creation? are you more likely to create more jobs if it stays as it is or not?