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
in this special hour, we re taking a close look at the man mitt romney s asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. fittingly, romney made the big announcement in front of the battle ship, the uss wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here 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! [ cheers and applause ] his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character, shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school. 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. and as he did, he internalized the virtues
a fellow at the institute of politics at harvard s kennedy school of government. and steve moore is with us for the first time. economics writer for the wall street journal editorial page. thank you for being with us. our starting point is super tuesday, of course. ten states will go to the polls today. there are 419 delegates up for grabs and potentially 2 presidential campaign on the line. if you look at the map of today s super tuesday, contest, newt gingrich says he s going to win dpnlg and polls are supporting him on that. rick santorum says he s going to do well in tennessee and oklahoma and the polls are supporting him in that. mitt romney says he s going to win massachusetts and vermont and idaho and the polls support him on that and he plans to win virginia, partly because he s the only person on the ballot along with ron paul. so that s probably a pretty good guess. he s leading by a lot of the poll there s. what he s focused on now is the battleground state of