budget committee. democrat iic congressman chris n holl hollen. and then re-opening the search with david axelrod and ed gillespie on why his candidate gambled on a wonk who is wanting to overhaul medicare. and then risk/reward with jessica yellen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. no surprise, president obama s campaign and other democrats are wasting no time attacking the new romney/ryan presidential ticket. descriptions we ve heard thrown around so far, wrong, harsh and extreme. joining me now, former new hampshire governor and romney campaign adviser john sununu. welcome, governor, and good morning to you. nice to be on, candy. happy sunday. so let me ask you, this is certainly comes as a surprise to the romney campaign. they certainly knew ahead of time how this would taken. how do they move against what clearly is going to be an attempt to say, this is a man who wants to fundamentally change medicare and social security and going back to his rec
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