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
it s what we do every night keeping them honest. as always, we re not taking political sides here. we re trying to figure out what is true and what is not. we begin tonight with a romney ad. in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama s plan, you wouldn t have to work and wouldn t have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. you ll hear from newt gingrich who joins us to defend that ad but also makes a stunning admission whether that ad he s defending is also speaking the facts. also mitt romney on the claims made in that ad. he removed the requirement of work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government depend denicy. we must restore and i will restore
exploding definite silts and crushing debt and the disaster that awaits us if we don t change course. he combines a profound sense of responsibility for what we owe the next generation with an unbounded optimism in america s future and understanding of all the wonderful things the american people can do. i worked closely with republicans as well as democrats to advance an agenda of economic growth and job creation. i m proud to stand with a man who understands what it takes to foster job creation in our economy. someone who knows from experience that if you have a small business, you did build that. after that rally, ryan and romney boarded their bus and headed to ashland, virginia, for an afternoon rally. as cnn s political reporter jim acosta arrives, he joins us by phone. what does the romney camp think he will bring to the ticket? reporter: i just got an e-mail from a senior romney advisor, fredricka, who e-mailed me some guidance as to what the thinking was for mit
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