the battleship. neither of these two have served, using a did he come missioned battleship maybe to imply that they have military service they do not have? all was all over 10:30 saturday morning and america woke up, wondered what happened? what did i miss? followed by the first solo campaign for the newly minted vice presidential nominee, here is what that looked like. are you going to cut medicare? i think usa, usa, usa! answer the question. are you going to cut medicare? i think we need to be respectful of one another, peaceful for one another. will you cut medicare?
i m glad you re with us. i m randi kaye. some reaction after republican presidential hopeful mitt romney picked paul ryan to be his running mate. our political analyst acosta takes us on the road for a view of what they re calling amera s comeback team. reporter: mitt romney descended from the battle ship uss wisconsin to call for a campaign of republican arms. we take another step in helping to restore the promise of america. reporter: and there s no bigger gun in the conservative movement than the gop s vice-presidential candidate congressman paul ryan. wow. hey! and right in front of the uss wisconsin, huh? reporter: his persona is fiscal nice delivered a message right out of train gospel. we won t duck the issues, we will lead. we won t blame others. we will take responsibility. reporter: romney campaign officials say the gop contender made his decision and called ryan on august 1st, one day after he returned from his overseas trip. the two men then met
mitchell, host of andrea mitchell reports. with a good morning to you, andrea. what do you think? good morning. paul ryan will be next to mitt romney? reporter: i would be absolutely shocked if he were not. peter and i have been talking about this and just talked to someone who works with the local congress member who is here. and they said that they have been told that paul ryan will be here. but of course there s no sign of him. we just have to assume that there was a great cover attempt and it was probably successful. i have to assume they got out the back and they ve actually already left to head this way because we do expect that it would be awfully strange for them to be in front of the uss wisconsin, the retired battle ship and not have the wisconsin congressman who is going to be the running mate from mitt romney. it seems like the perfect place to do this.
in this special hour, we re taking a close look at the man mitt romney s asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. fittingly, romney made the big announcement in front of the battle ship, the uss wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here in washington, by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! [ cheers and applause ] his leadership his leadership begins with character and values. paul is a man of tremendous character, shaped in large part by his early life. paul s father died when he was in high school. that forced him to grow up earlier than any young man should, but paul did, with the help of his devoted mother, his brothers and sister, and a supportive community. and as he did, he internalized the virtues
rise that much, it is the equivalent of, you know, a battle ship doing a hair spin turn. guest: in question. the i.p.o. is hot, the largest in history topping the biggest we have ever seen, and the demand from the small mom-and-pop retail investor for this thing is astronomical. it is something people know. obviously something they like with 900 million users and women want people want in on the action so the demand is expected to fuel a strong rally. the question is, how short-term will be it? neil: we will see. thank you, sandra. among the first to put up the warning signs, take a chill pill. look at all the factors. we will monitor on fox news and fox business network. look at this, the fundraising