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welcome back. beautiful campus here at center college in danville, kentucky.
paul ryan
has a lot on his plate, in addition to preparing for the
vice presidential
debate, he has a whole other campaign to deal with. ryan is simultaneously doing what a lot of other
vice presidential
candidates have had to do, run for re-election as well as be the number two on the ticket. in this case, it's representative of the first
congressional district
of wisconsin. his opponent is democratic candidate rob zerbahn, and you came here to follow
paul ryan
why?
>>
i'm here because
paul ryan
has refused to engage the voters of the first congressional candidate since he was tapped by
mitt romney
. he's authored the most destructive budget the
united states
has ever seen.
>>
if by running on the national ticket, is he not answering these same questions that voters in a swing district like the first
congressional district
of wisconsin? isn't he answering these questions?
>>
they're seeing a side of
paul ryan
they've never seen before. the national spotlight has not been very kind in his positions. he co-sponsored hr-3 with
todd akin
, redefining rape, and he wrote a budget that calls for killing
medicare
.
>>
everybody thinks it kills
medicare
. it is the premium support. and he redid it. he reconfigured his plan because it was getting so much criticism.
>>
it's no longer the guaranteed benefit
medicare
is. it turns it into a voucher program. if you're using that program to opt into
medicare
or going out and buying private insurance. nobody feels it's going to meet the need of an
aging population
.
>>
you have had a surge in fund fund-raisi fund-raising. you outraised
paul ryan
's
congressional committee
in the last period. are you running tv ads? are you getting a debate? are you getting any
air time
where a
local network
might have a debate?
>>
we've accepted invitations from the local news stations. and i did go out on tv. we're getting a message out about the alternative the voters want. we sent unemployment sky rocketing in our district since wees been our congressman. in jansville, our hometown, it's more than tripled. and on the eastern side of the district, it's more than doubled. he needs to answer these questions.
>>
and the unemployment, why is that congressman's fault and not
president obama
's?
>>
we've seen
paul ryan
point out in his convention speech he tried to lay the blame of opposing the gm plan at the feet of
president obama
. there's a disturbing pattern of dishonesty coming from the
vice presidential nominee
that people haven't seen in the past. he's certainly supported policies in washington, d.c., to allow companies to export these jobs overseas. we need to make sure that he comes back and answers the question why does he support these policies? why do you support
free trade
deals and not
fair trade
deals?
>>
do you believe you're getting enough support from the
democratic party
?
>>
the
democratic party
has been with me from the beginning. they asked me to start this race, and they allowed me to build the organization i have today which helped me outraise
paul ryan
. -- i guess you're delivering petition signatures, looking for a debate?
>>
i already delivered 53,000 signatures.
>>
i think it would be hard to imagine he's going to pull off the ticket and debate in your district.
>>
i don't want him to pull off the ticket. i want him to come back to the district and engage the voters.
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