we ve got it covered from both sides. two top republicans who know him well. the chairman of the republican party reince priebus. and the governor of ryan s home state of wisconsin, scott walker. plus, the man whose job it is to help president obama defeat the romney/ryan ticket, chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod. and finally, full analysis on what this all means for the remaining 86 days of the campaign. with us, editor of the national review, rich lowry. msnbc s rachel maddow. author and radio talk show host bill bennett. chief washington post correspondent dan balz. and nbc s political director, and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. even though the olympics are not even over the presidential campaign kick flood a new gear. who is paul ryan? let s get to some of the key stats about someone you will learn a lot more about. he s 42 years old. fifth generation from janesville, wisconsin. a native there. seventh term in the house. he is the p
it would happen in boston, massachusetts, it was determined, at the home of the senior adviser beth myers. the question was, how do you get paul ryan there without being detected by reporters? ryan, we have now learned from beth myers who is in charge, flew from chicago, not to boston, the direct route, instead went to hartford, connecticut, nearly two hours away, where he was picked up by beth myers 19-year-old son in a rented suv. ryan was not detected, david, because he was wearing jeans, a ball cap, and sunglasses. and then yesterday, or friday, as reporters were staking out his home before the announcement was made, paul ryan came home for memorial service for the victims of the shooting at the sikh temple, went in where reporters saw him and went out a back door in his own neighborhood, going through some densely packed woods where he was picked up by an aide, taken to a nearby airport, flown to the virginia area where he stayed in a nondescript hotel, eating take-out
sides. two top republicans who know him well. the chairman of the republican party reince priebus. and the governor of ryan s home state of wisconsin, scott walker. plus, the man whose job it is to help president obama defeat the romney/ryan ticket, chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod. and finally, full analysis on what this all means for the remaining 86 days of the campaign. with us, editor of the national review, rich lowry. msnbc s rachel maddow. author and radio talk show host bill bennett. chief washington post correspondent dan balz. and nbc s political director, and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and good morning. even though the olympics aren t even over, the presidential campaign has kicked in to a new gear. so, who is paul ryan? let s get to some of the key stats about someone you re going to learn a lot more about. he s 42 years old. fifth generation from janesville, wisconsin. a native there. seventh term in the house. he is t
sides. two top republicans who know him well. the chairman of the republican party reince priebus. and the governor of ryan s home state of wisconsin, scott walker. plus, the man whose job it is to help president obama defeat the romney/ryan ticket, chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod. and finally, full analysis on what this all means for the remaining 86 days of the campaign. with us, editor of the national review, rich lowry. msnbc s rachel maddow. author and radio talk show host bill bennett. chief washington post correspondent dan balz. and nbc s political director, and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. and good morning. even though the olympics aren t even over, the presidential campaign has kicked in to a new gear. so, who is paul ryan? let s get to some of the key stats about someone you re going to learn a lot more about. he s 42 years old. fifth generation from janesville, wisconsin. a native there. seventh term in the house. he is t
let s get right to nbc s mike viquiera. we are standing right there in front of the president. they wait for them to make that announcement. what was the mood after this big win for the president? the mood was let s get out of town. as i was standing there, we were waiting for the president and hear marine one landing through the doors of the west wing and sure enough, the president before he came out and before cameras signed the bill, it just arrived fresh from the printer and capitol hill. the president signing that temporary extension of the tax cut. walking out and getting on marine 1 and out to andrew s air force base. winging his way to hawaii later than he hoped, but he is on the way to hawaii. congress is scattered to the winds as well. let s real it back a week when the president appeared in the same briefing room and appeared that republicans got lemonade and they turned it into lemons. over the course that was week, we saw a rebel yon from house conservatives