Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., greets supporters during a campaign stop, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., greets supporters during a campaign stop, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) ? Just how competitive is Iowa in the presidential campaign? Enough so that both vice presidential candidates were vying for voters on Monday, just 140 miles apart.
Republican Paul Ryan told about 450 people that the nation needed Romney to reduce government spending, which he says makes sense to frugal residents of Iowa or his home state of Wisconsin. Ryan was critical of a decision by the Federal Reserve last week to initiate additional help to keep interest rates low, saying the government was simply printing more money.
"All this money printing, all this creation of money is sugar-high economics," Ryan said. "What we want, what we deserve, what now need in this country is honest money."
Meanwhile, in the Mississippi River town of Burlington, Vice President Joe Biden told about 600 people that Obama has a better understanding of their lives. He contrasted that with Romney, saying the Republican was "totally out of touch with the reality everyday Americans deal with."
The trip by Ryan and Biden came not long after their last Iowa visit. Ryan spoke Sept. 5 in Adel and Biden visited Iowa City with the president on Sept. 7.
Biden will remain in Iowa for two campaign stops Tuesday.
Obama carried Iowa in 2008 and is hoping to do so again in November. Romney is doing his best to claim Iowa for himself.
Early voting begins in the state on Sept. 27.
The vice presidential candidates are scheduled to meet in a nationally televised debate next month.
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