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Rep. Paul Ryan
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Barack Obama
U.S. President

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Rep. Paul Ryan
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Barack Obama
U.S. President

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The race for President took a turn towards New Orleans today as President Barack Obama and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke to the AARP.
Both candidates gave Medicare and Social Security top billing ... with two very different political takes.
Emily Schmidt has more from Washington.
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WITH 46 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION ... POLITICAL CANDIDATES FOCUSED ON ANOTHER NUMBER: THE OVER 50 CROWD.
Life at fifty plus--I'm not there yet, but I'm told it will happen before you know it.
Medicare and Social Security are not handouts. You've paid into these your whole life.
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ARE BIG ISSUES FOR WHAT AARP SAYS ARE ITS MORE THAN 37-MILLION MEMBERS....A CNN/ORC POLL THIS MONTH ASKED LIKELY VOTERS: WHO WOULD BEST HANDLE MEDICARE: 54 PERCENT SAID MR. OBAMA, 43 PERCENT SIDED WITH MITT ROMNEY.
REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE PAUL RYAN TOLD THE CROWD HE BELIEVES ROMNEY/RYAN WOULD STRENGTHEN MEDICARE: A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT RECEIVED THIS RESPONSE:
The first step to a stronger Medicare, is to repeal Obamacare because it represents the worst of both worlds.
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAS SAID THE PLAN PAUL RYAN ADVANCED IN CONGRESS WOULD COST SENIORS MORE. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID--VIA SATELLITE--HE DIDN'T MIND THE WORD OBAMACARE---ARGUING, IT'S STRENGTHENED MEDICARE.
In fact, the health reform law we passed has already saved more than 5.5 million seniors and people with disabilities nearly 4.5 billion dollars on their prescription drugs.
ANOTHER SEPTEMBER CNN/ORC POLL ASKED VOTERS OVER 50 ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JOB PERFORMANCE--46 PERCENT APPROVED...50 PERCENT DID NOT. IT'S A HIGHER DISAPPROVAL RATING THAN YOUNGER VOTERS REPORTED, AND A REMINDER THAT WINNING OVER OLDER VOTERS MAY HELP DECIDE WHO WINS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
IN WASHINGTON, I'M EMILY SCHMIDT.
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