invitation. it will not end well. mitt romney has a reputation from his time in business as being a cautious guy. but picking paul ryan? that was not a cautious pick. before he was chosen for vp congressman ryan sat for a series of interviews with our own ezra klein starting in early 2010. ezra wrote today what he learned about paul ryan in those mini personal debates is among other things that he is well versed on the issues and that he is refreshingly willing to step off message. at least sometimes and to a point. ezra, thanks for joining us this. good it have you in on this. thank you for having. we you write vice president biden would be wrong to underestimate paul ryan s intelligence. when paul ryan calls himself a numbers guy, you re essentially saying that s for real, that s not just a branding thing. oh, yeah, that is real. paul ryan knows the numbers and actually he has something beyond that. what is rare in washington is not a politician who knows their own numbers, a
applause line his most self-assured performance yet. they packed the gymnasium to hear him indict president obama for what he called a record of failure for making a tough economy worse and it was for oat bough ma record on energy making it tougher to use her energy resources. he has 10 different agencies and four executive offices regulating hydrolic fracturing. we think coloradans know how to take care of this themselves. we want you to be in charge. reporter: just before his speech here at lakewood, congressman ryan sat down for his first solo interview since joining governor romney on the ticket. it was none other than the senior political analyst. he noted the relationship between governor romney and congressman ryan seemed to gel in april when they campaigned together in ryan s home state of wisconsin. what happened between you