thin thinks they need to take advantage of the next four days and get the positive momentum they can get before the convention. we re about 17 days away from the rnc now, peter. i do want to talk about the significance as to how they re going to be making this announcement. they were saying that they might release it via an app. but also he ll be making an announcement from the uss wisconsin. does that tell us anything? trnch . reporter: it s a pretty good background. it s a naval ship here, but it s specific to wisconsin. it s the home state of ryan. we asked if it was a coincidence. they said the site had been set up for weeks the campaign told us. to give you a sense of conversations we ve had with campaign advisers, there were a series of events scheduled tomorrow, they have back-to-back events over the next few days. beginning tomorrow here in norfolk, there was an event scheduled for lunchtime and advisers had been suggesting us
virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he s joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he s seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be a lightning rod in this campaign. why make the announcement today, saturday morning, olympics going on, he s about to kick off his bus tour. a lot thought he would do this later on. a saturday announcement get us sunday morning air time on the sunday morning talk show, sunday newspapers, and gets you a nice really good ramp up for a full week of coverage in the media. what do you think is going on in the obama white house. how do you think they re reacting to this? you have to imagine
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