heather, i think americans republicans are quietly ecstatic over the choice of paul ryan. typically and historically a vice presidential pick doesn t really have all that much bearing on the outcome. to tell you the truth, this year it does. it is unlike any year we have seen before. the narrative was are republicans excited to see governor romney? i assure you that the republicans are so eccstatic with paul ryan. he has the plan, he is smart, he gets it, and this is frankly the democrats worst nightmare. let s look at this other poll we have. it looked at adding ryan to the ticket. it appears to hav energized some voters in ryan s home state of wisconsin. 31% of wisconsin voters say romney s pick of their native son makes them more likely to support romney in the fall.
i m a catholic deer hunter. i am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. that was paul ryan speaking last night as he tries to unveil himself as a candidate. we learn more about paul ryan. he s most recently referenced president obama s remarks from a 2008 fund-raiser and is traveling the country, appearing to embrace his role as governor romney s attack dog. last night, he opened up a new line of criticism, seizing on the president s national security reference. i ve gone to afghanistan and iraq to meet with our troops, to learn from them. obviously i have a lot more experience than barack obama did when he became president. but if you take a look at our current posture, president obama is quote, unquote, leading from behind. but as ryan takes on the president, it s not clear he s doing all that much to help the romney ticket. according to a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll, 54% say romney s choice of ryan doesn t affect their vote. while 22% of americans say the
caught on tape. take a look at this. look at this! this is in mountain track, colorado. the driver, jeremy foley and his co-driver flipped off course while making a turn, falling off course, flipping several times before crashing below. not a movie. looks like a movie to me, but it s not. both drivers air lifted to a local hospital, had to be checked out. somehow didn t even break a bone. i m thinking how did they film this? what was the cameraman doing? our news nation gut check is next. do you agree with skrat gists like mark mackinnon who say romney s choice of ryan means he s going to lose? we ll tell you how to weigh in.
presidency. mark mackinnon, a republican strategist and former adviser to george bush told politico, quote, i think it s a very bold choice and an exciting and interesting pick. it s going to elevate the campaign into a debate over big ideas. it means romney/ryan can run on principles and provide some real direction and vision for the republican party. and probably lose. maybe big. end quote. do you agree with these republican strategists who say romney s choice of ryan as vp means he will probably lose? what does your gut tell you? go to facebook/newsnation to vote. that does it for this edition of news nation. i m jose diaz balart. thanks for the privilege. i ll be back here tomorrow 2:00 eastern hosting news nation. all day tomorrow, msnbc will have special coverage of the drought of 2012. look, here s a telemundo logo in the middle. the cycle up next. hi, i m phil mickelson.
i ll tell you one thing about this, these campaign staffers are some of the highest-paid campaign staffers that have ever worked in the history of campaigns. maybe that s why they like him. but they like their rapport with him. eric fehrnstrom was the first person outside of mitt romney s family that mitt romney told he was conceding after super tuesday in 2008. he s close with these people. he travels with andrea saul all the time. he really likes her too. he takes care of her almost as a father figure because they travel together so much. these people love mitt romney and mitt romney loves them and he won t fire any of them. we re in a dry hole here because we re looking for managerial ability, at the same time we re finding mr. kindness. papa bear. the real problem, again, for the romney campaign is not that he s loyal to his people or his people are letting him down, the real problem with the romney campaign again is it s dishonest. just as the republican party today is dis