about milton freeman, free market thinkers. to say it s anything beyond that, all you have to look at is paul ryan s political clear. he s not just a new face on the national scene. he waw elected to the house in 1998. if you tell me he has a randian record, i would disagree. fortunately, no one is crazy enough to have a randian record, so yes, you re right about that. ron paul, perhaps. i have 15 seconds left. was your dad an ayn rand person? no, he was not. no, he was not. i never saw him with atlas shrugged or the fountainhead in his hands, and he didn t appear to have read it. thank you. when we return, let me finish with the league battle over that tough voter photo id law in my home state of pennsylvania. and how this state can still hold a fair election in november. you re watchb hardball, the place for politics. you know what i love about this country?
new poll numbers from two key states. first in wisconsin. paul ryan s home state and a new cnn poll taken since ryan was put on the ticket finds president obama ahead by four. 49-45 and to my home state of pennsylvania, a new poll gives the president a five-point lead. 47-42. we ll be right back.
speech, but we also believe that when men and women die in the service of their country and are laid to rest, it should be done with the utmost honor and respect. joining me now, iraq war veteran and former pennsylvania congressman, patrick murphy. patrick, great to see you. thanks for having me on, alex. congressman, you told reporters today that romney lives in a bizarre-o world. what s the actual truth behind this lawsuit in ohio? it s really amazing, alex. they have no shame on the other side. here you have a coordinated effort to suppress millions of americans right to vote, including in ohio, my home state of pennsylvania, florida, et cetera. they re doing that and then they have the gall, the romney campaign has the gall to say, look, president obama is trying to suppress military votes. he s doing nothing but trying to get everyone to vote, including the 913,000 veterans in ohio. the other thing that john
water at camp lejeune. the law also bans protests two hours before and after funerals for service members, a direct hit on the fringe westboro baptist church. graves of our veterans are hallowed ground, and obviously we all defend our constitution and the first amendment and free speech, but we also believe that when men and women die in the service of their country and are laid to rest, it should be done with the utmost honor and respect. joining me now, iraq war veteran and former pennsylvania congressman, patrick murphy. patrick, great to see you. thanks for having me on, alex. congressman, you told reporters today that romney lives in a bizarre-o world. what s the actual truth behind this lawsuit in ohio? it s really amazing, alex. they have no shame on the other side. here you have a coordinated effort to suppress millions of americans right to vote, including in ohio, my home state of pennsylvania, florida, et
when it is raised to a different level. george w. bush, ronald reagan, even bill clinton. shameless plug time. supreme court reporter did a piece on loughner, the case president obama cited. arguments last week went after lauf ner. jackie? for all the americans that missed the cherry blossoms because it peaked too soon, i wrote a piece on nytimes.com, tips how to see the cherry blossoms, what to do afterwards. ginger gibson from politico did a great story on romney going to my home state of pennsylvania, trying to beat rick santorum. that s it for this edition of the daily rundown. see you tomorrow, jobs numbers friday. up next, kris jansing. see you later!