gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward, ron brown, and cnn s dan lothian. i m candy crowley. this is state of the union. the campaign trail is most often a series of mind-numbing days interrupted by the ones that you will never forget, and the days when you know that one way or another, something has changed, and saturday was one of those days for mitt romney. what works here, and what works around the world is free people pursuing their dreams. we want those dreamers here. we can accomplish our dreams. because as much as voters learned about paul ryan yesterday, they may have learned more about romney first and foremost that this most cautious of candidates will take a big risk for the potential of a big payoff. at first blush this much could be said for the ryan pick, it appears to have brought home conservatives. joining fouser a conversation of that and more i john thune, s senator from south dako
sputter. our first extended glimpse of how mitt romney plans to respond to president obama s bain capital? turn the tables. i would like to also focus on his roar. what has he done as the president of the united states over the past four years? has he established the revitalization he promised to bring? did he hold unemployment over 8%? it has been 39 months. that hasn t happened. in that interview with time, go have romney says his years with bain taught him a lot about why companies succeed and fail. in each of his answers to four questions, he also took time to critique the president s economic credentials. this is a president who spends his time blaming other people for the fact that he has been unsuccessful in turning around this economy. i think the reason you are seeing across the country, people saying they would like to try someone new, because they believe this president, while he may be a nice guy, is simply not up to the task of helping guide an economy.
heritage, club for growth, americans for prosperity and freedom works and tea party patriots all expressed their deep reservations with the president. last night the president hosted his bitter primary rival, ted cruz, his wife heidi and their children for dinner. the senator said this just yesterday about the bill, preferring a repeal bill like the one passed in 2015. the bill as currently drafted would not pass the united states senate. speaker ryan yesterday said that for the president and the vice president they re open to negotiations. what they mean is that, you know, here anything that you guys want to add in phase 2 or 3, this is just phase 1. what do you make of those? i think the president was very clear. he said this bill is open for negotiation. that s exactly right. the bill as written is not going to pass the senate. next week members of the house freedom caucus have been invited to the white house for pizza and bowling to try to hash out their differences. the ho