With Obama touring storm damage, Ryan passes on political attacks

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. As he kicked off a daylong campaign trip through his home state, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan promised a "renaissance" across the world and America as he stuck to a message largely focused on a positive portrayal of the GOP nominee, Mitt Romney.

Noticeably absent from the vice presidential nominee's speech was the usual slate of attacks on President Obama's policies, likely out of deference to the crisis that continues to grip the East Coast in the wake of Sandy, the storm that hit on Monday.

All of the top candidates took a day off from campaigning on Tuesday, with both men on the Republican ticket visiting "victory centers" to collect supplies for storm victims. Ryan opened his event here this morning again with a request that people donate money to the Red Cross.

"We've had our share of natural disasters, but we don't have hurricanes. We've turned on the TV and we've seen the devastation. Let's keep the people of the Northeast in our prayers today. Let's also think about if we can, about sending some help," he said.

Instead of attacks, Ryan promoted Romney as a candidate with the country's best interests at heart - and one who will be able to work with both sides. During an Ohio bus tour over the weekend, both candidates played up their bipartisan credentials, though their words may pale in comparison to the images of Mr. Obama touring storm damage in New Jersey today alongside New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a top Romney supporter and onetime vice presidential possibility.

"What we need is somebody who gets out of bed every morning thinking about how do I solve these problems? Who do I talk to? How do I bring people together? How do I break the Gordian knot of gridlock in Washington," Ryan said.

He urged Wisconsinites to vote early or in-person absentee so they can spend the weekend and Election Day talking to friends and neighbors. Mr. Obama is still leading in the state in most polls, but with narrower and narrower margins that have the GOP ticket convinced, especially with native son Ryan, that they could turn it red for the first time since 1984.

Ryan hoped to convince them by painting a picture of a brighter future. "2013 could be the year in which we get our economy growing, we start creating 12 million new jobs, we put these pro-growth policies in place and we reaffirm the American idea by electing Mitt Romney the next president of the United States," he said.

[YourRearViewMirror1]

Folks,

Mother Nature decided to Punish Wall Street for putting Greed over Green Technology.

[mikesfilms]

LIE, I'll balance the Budget. Bush Era will be a picnic compared with Romneynomics: lower the Rich Tax to Bush levels: Loss, of $500Bill/yr. Hike Defense to war levels, $2Trill (just like Bush). Explode the Debt and sink us the way of Greece. Mega-borrow from China. BUSH REBORN.

LIE: I'm going to fix the nation. He killed bin Laden and several dozen al Qaeda leaders and built the pyramids of Egypt. He saved the auto industry from collapse and built the Great Wall of China. Check if he had a hand in winning the Revolutionary War. Gas prices will come down if he and pals stop the bomb-Iran blabber. Pinocchio will create 500,000 jobs/month. What with? Bushanomics that's cost 10 million jobs? Now he's going to fix the economy with Paul Ryan's budget and deep cuts to the Rich Tax. His math sucks. Rather, he's going to accelerate the Debt clock, lose millions of jobs, and sink us the way of Greece. Romney a liar? "Yes," Newt Gingrich. VOTE FOR ME SUCKERS.

[G H M]

Paul Ryan and Romney Plan would not help the states or the people.
I now know Romney's claim to fame - Romney is nothing more then a scam artist.

And a good one! He can sell anything with lie and cheating and with that forked tongue and a smile.

[djaymick]

It's the Democrats job to "never let a serious crisis go to waste". This means taking tragedy and using it to their advantage. If a Republican was in office, they would be on every news station blasting away at what they didn't do.
Maybe Ryan should have taken a cheap shot at the President about seeing a hurricane as more important to stay in Washington than an ambassador's death. Or about how the governors doing all the tough work and the federal government just writing checks. It's a little too late for Obama to finally "show up".
Sarah - saying you would cut something and actually doing it are totally different. Obama will cut FEMA with sequestration, a fact the media wants to hide.

[canislupus16]

DJ, that was a really lame post. And I'm not even referring to your unfounded, without-source, false statements. It was just plain lame. You sound like you're sputtering.

[pr_boxer]

What is it about Republican VP candidates. Dan Quayle was clueless,Dick Cheney has a "Hitler complex", Jack Kemp was at least consistent, wrong, but consistent. Now this Ryan guy has long been known as a puppet of the Koch Brothers, and he's learned that you can profess different ideas from day to day, just like Mitt.

[Cambone1]

You're talking about poor vice presidents when Biden is the offering from the Democrats - the man doesn't know where he is half the time, always making bloppers, and has a foul mouth among other things. Any VP the Republicans have had is better than Biden.

[heritagemi]

Romney did NOT halt his campaigning on Tuesday. The political flyers for the rally (that was originally scheduled) were still handed out there. The projector screens at Romney's event continued to show the Romney-Ryan logo, and to show the video segment that talked of all of their supposed accomplishments. And the campaign decided not to collect money, as the Red Cross asks people to do, but instead collect more visible canned goods and other foods. And on another network last night, a number of attendees could be heard making comments about how they needed to make it look good for the cameras.

[varigdc10]

Now, Mitt the Twitt , alias the liar, the cheat, the flip-flopper, does not want to talk about FEMA.Look at him carrying those soda cans in Ohio, what an asss, just like his brother alias, the other liar Ryan cleaning perfectly clean pots somewhere in Ohio, what a joke.

[SarahDMutt]

Mitt Romney said in the GOP debate on 6/13/11 that he would defund FEMA.

http://www.examiner.com/article/frankenstorm-hurricane-sandy-romney-said-gop-debate-he-would-defund-fema

[SarahDMutt]

Mitt Romney doesn't believe government should help people in need.

If Mitt Romney were President all those people would be on their own.

Thank goodness for President Obama.

[dashsolo03]

Just under a week to go until it's all truly in the hands of the people! In honor of getting out the vote, here is a music video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdo44Wq-_k&feature=share

"I Approve This Message" has been called "hilarious and thought provoking" is a call to arms for Obama supporters and the 90 million Americans who say they won't show up at the polls next week. See you at the polls!!

[Clofitas1]

Nice work!