and brad and chris plenty of opportunity in the course of the next 50 minutes. we ll bring you back in a minute. what does the obama campaign make of the pick. ed henry joins us with that part of the story in the white house. ed, it didn t take but a few second when paul ryan escaped the governor s lips for the obama campaign to weigh n folks on the left are fired up. it is a bold choice and conservatives. and so are the liberals. they feel like this really plays in the president s strength of how he tried to frame it as a make or break moment for the middle class and he believes that the romney-ryan ticket will be all about tax cuts for the rich and cutting spending for the vulnerable and changing medicare . a statement came out from jim misina. the architect of the radical
and raising revenue how do you do it? i think paul ryan is not falling in that trap. the purpose of government is provide an environment for the country to get moving . steve jobs and precipitations to create new yobs and businesses. that s what paul is putting on the table. and so instead of taking a green eye shade and narrow budget approach. his team encompasses how to get it moving and that s why there is a tax code and entitlements and that s how it worked for reagan and romney. and don t fall in the i shade trap. have a positive approach and reform. and what about medicare. democrats are attacking the ryan budget and they are bound to do it again. they are saying he wants to end medicare and privatize it . he wants to provide vouchers
for health care for younger americans and not those born prior to 1957. obviously. we need entitlement reform. is that the right way to do it? it is the right way to do it economically and politically. contrary to what the democrats imply. that s why they use the words medicare as we know it. for 10 years everyone on medicare and going on medicare has the old system. people 55 and younger, get a new system that provides more benefits and more school vencey, why? you will allow competition. hundreds of companies competing for that voucher. 11,000 for a couple . lower for those with low incomes. and allows for a saving s account and get private enterprise and innovation and providing better ways to do the health care system instead
race it is a risky move for a candidate who was risk averse. he changed it from a revverundum from obama to a choice for a different vision for america especially if you believe in social security and medicare in america. and so i think it is going to get the tea party base but may turn off the swing voters and he may have made his hill harder to climb in florida . did mitt romney say to swing voterss and independents that i have a controversial pick who has policiless you may not like. this will be appealing to independent. they are fiscal conservatives and want the balanced budget and want a congress to help the people. latest fox news poll shows
your good friend to be vice-president . pick someone you want to have dinner with. you pick the right guy for the job. he said i may be better friends with this guy or that guy. but i will pick the best vice-president and not best friend in office and that s why he picked paul ryan. leslie, let me ask you this one. he would end made care as we know it and he certainly want to change the program because entitlements can t go on the way they are . president obama plan to tut 500 billion out of medicare and so do they really have the moral high ground to attack on medicare? oh, absolutely. first of all. we have to remember this is the largest segment of our population growing. arey i a day coming in theack ae baby boom. look being at with ryan s plan there is nothing that increases as the cost of the health care rises as it will.