stage. 23-year-old jordan mouton will compete as pardon of the blind judo team in the paraolympic games. she began losing her vision to a rare disease at age eight. but she says she would not let it keep her down. i just knew that my life wasn t over and that i could just keep going. so i didn t lose complete hope. i just kept doing what i knew how to do. a lot of coaches actually blindfold their students to let them practice blind cause you don t look down at your feet or look at what your opponent is doing, you feel what they re doing. that s what a lot of what judo about is feeling. arthel: indeed. the paraolympic games kick off on august 29 and take to say she s inspirational is an understatement. congratulationses and keep going. rick: good luck to her and all the paraolympic athletes. when we come back, governor romney nearing his pick for a running mate. coming up, we ll ask a campaign veteran about what she sees as