then they separated. romney s crowds weren t as energetic or as big. this is the scene that you ll likely play out on web ads or commercials leading up to the convention. there are two film crews here, and a lot of production value already behind us. chris. all right. thank you. nbc s peter alexander. as we wait for that to start, let s bring in republican strategyist gist chip staltsman, and chris cafinas. chip, let me start with you. talk about changing that popular program. ooshlly it s avoided by presidential candidates, but the selection of paul ryan, i think, pretty much made sure that this was going to be part of a conversation, but is that a conversation republicans want to have? i think they re absolutely excited to have it. we want to have this conversation. you know, when we talked about these programs intooilgts entitlement programs 20 years ago, they go bankrupt in 2050 or 2045. where he we never thought it would happen in our lifetime. now they re going to go broke in