i m glad you re with us. i m randi kaye. some reaction after republican presidential hopeful mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate. our political analyst acosta takes us on the road for a view of what they re calling amera s comeback team. reporter: mitt romney descended from the battle ship uss wisconsin to call for a campaign of republican arms. we take another step in helping to restore the promise of america. reporter: and there s no bigger gun in the conservative movement than the gop s vice-presidential candidate congressman paul ryan. wow. hey! and right in front of the uss wisconsin, huh? reporter: his persona is fiscal nice delivered a message right out of train gospel. we won t duck the issues, we will lead. we won t blame others. we will take responsibility. reporter: romney campaign officials say the gop contender made his decision and called ryan on august 1st, one day after he returned from his overseas trip. the two men then met
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the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. in this special hour we will take a close look at the man mitt romney has skoed sked to join him on the presidential ticket, paul ryan. romney made the announcement from front of the battleship uss wisconsin. ryan made a name in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous chacter shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school and that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should, but paul did with the help of his devoted mother, his brothers and sister, and a supportive community. as he did he internalized the virtues and hard working effort of the midwest. paul ryan works in washington but his
middle class under a bus. we are running out of time. let me give brad a chance to answer the question. the four states what does ryan s selection do? enenergiess our base. a base turnout ehe election and he will appeal to independents because independents want fiscal responsibility first and foremost. they want a country that lives within their means and see and want a better future but don t see that under the obama administration and i think that is where there is going to be change, wholesale change in the fall. he is or was to this point a fairly little known congressman. now, the vice presidential selection and things going to change rapidly the next few months. brad and jehmu, thank you both. thank you. that is going to do it for us. fun to be along with you for two hours. rick and heather are up next. keep it here. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. clap, pat, clap your hand
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