paul ryan is a good man. he understands policy. but as we have said many times, we think what is more important than the who. martha: what is more important than the who. you have got the debt ceiling coming up. my question is what is tonight for the minority? what is in it for the freedom caucus members in backing paul ryan? these are sort of the republican members of the u.s. house, this is a large enough minority that it can demand things. what they are angry or supporters outside of congress say they are angry about is ryan s support for what he calls comprehensive immigration reform.
i tell you, i love wisconsin. i m fifth generation from this state. my family came here back in the 1800s, made a go of it. it s where we ve all raised our families ever since. this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. good day. i m andrea mitchell live in washington. what a weekend it s been. in our daily fix today, the race to define paul ryan kicks off today big-time. in two battleground states. is ryan the booster shot that mitt romney needs or a perfect vehicle for democrats who are hoping to turn the 2012 debate from the economy overall to medicare and saddle mitt romney with an unpopular republican budget plan. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and msnbc news chief white house correspondent and political director, chuck todd, host of the daily rundown and marathon
is ryan s budget plan a deficit reduction plan? if he was able to follow the actual trajectory then it is. he doesn t really explain how he would get there. he went to the congressional budget office and said the way you will score this plan is follow the rules i set out for you and the rules is you will assume that my plan brings medicare down to this level, taxes to here. you ll assume it brings other domestic spending to there. he doesn t say how he ll get it there. in 2050, the plan expects everything that the government does, defense, transportation, education, infrastructure will be less than 3.5% of gdp. right now it s 12.5. there s no way to get there. the president called it a
you think? unveiled at madam tussaud s in times square. wax figures will be unveiled in london in amsterdam. is ryan goss lengling a sup? he saved her by pushing her out of the way. she was looking the wrong way and a female witness confirmed her hero s i didn t. this is not the first time gosling has shown his superhero abilities. he broke up a street fight in new york last september. and that s going to wrap up this hour of jansing and company. i m chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. that s no commentary. phillips caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we re gonna continue. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget.
pays for that by cutting programs for the poor and programs for seniors and sort of everything else the government does which is a fairly small bit. the big transfer is programs for the poor get cut in order to fund the main priorities of the ryan budget. you can t get away from making deep cuts into medicare, medicaid and food stamps. i thought it was telling when ryan released his response, he didn t say the president has my budget wrong. he didn t say the facts were wrong. he said i m disappointed in the president. he should have been nicer to me. he can t argue with the math because the math is correct. well, this budget, if it goes after the food stamp program will hit the farm economy because the food stamp program is in the farm bill. rural america will have to take a real haircut and the farming community across america which agriculture is one of our biggest industries will feel the effects. is ryan s budget plan a deficit