mate, congressman paul ryan. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney s vision. but it s a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. cnn s athena jones is outside the rally. the president said the vision has something of the likes of fairy dust in it. reporter: it was a big 20 minute speech or so. the first public remarks we have seen from the president responding to romney s choice of congressman ryan. we don t know what he told the first fundraiser of the day which was closed to press completely. he says he likes paul ryan. they are trying to link romney to ryan s budget proposals which they say are radical and aren t good for ordinary people talking about slashing spending on programs and making changes to medicare and medicaid. he was trying to rev up the crowd as you mentioned. this was the event geared more towards young p