Politics

On Monday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” veteran newsman Dan Rather joined host Rachel Madddow to discuss Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)'s difficulties as be steps out of the right-wing media bubble and into the view of actual American citizens, who, it turns out, are neither particularly fond of the man nor his policies.

At two separate events in recent days, Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher has proposed to "put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting."

Speaking from the same stage in Iowa where Mitt Romney once declared that "corporation are people," presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan found himself on Monday being interrupted by protesters who accused him of waging a "war on the middle class."

A constitutional amendment suggested by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would have barred Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) from serving as his running mate.

During a Monday call to congratulate NASA for successfully landing the Curiosity rover on Mars, President Barack Obama acknowledged the "special mohawk guy" in the control room who had taken the Internet by storm.

Fox News co-host Steve Doocy on Monday attempted spin Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's "ideologue" label as an advantage to Mitt Romney's campaign.

The man who selected himself to be former President George W. Bush's running mate says that he "can't think of a better choice" than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to share the Republican ticket with Mitt Romney.

As Mitt Romney's campaign was trying to distance itself from his running mate's proposed budget on Sunday, senior adviser Ed Gillespie admitted that the candidate "would have signed" Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) controversial plan.

Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod on Sunday warned that the budget plan authored by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), was a "prescription for economic catastrophe."

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) says he gave Mitt Romney's campaign a "bunch" of tax returns during the vice presidential vetting process, but claimed he didn't remember exactly how many years were covered by the disclosure.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said that presumptive GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's plan would "preserve Medicare," and insisted that President Barack Obama was the one with "blood on his hands" for stealing money from the program.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Sunday compared GOP hopeful Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for vice president to his 2008 pick of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) wanted to know "where's the outrage" from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) after an ad was released depicting him hitting white women and black families. It turns out there isn't any.