and we re going to begin this morning with on the campaign trail, with the race for the white house taking center stage in the battleground state of iowa. yesterday it appears mitt romney s vice presidential pick may be growing on some americans. according to a new abc news/ washington post poll, 38% favor congressman paul ryan as romney s running mate, up from 23% last week. still, 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend buzz by picking a running mate. but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent can, ordering the federal government to buy $150 million worth of meat and fish from hard-hit farmers. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill, frozen on capitol hill, would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate for helping block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important the farm bill is for iowa an
to discuss some things, included the botched kiss cam at the university of texas basketball game. we begin with politics, where the republican national committee added another high-profile name to its speaking roster. new jersey governor chris christie will deliver the keynote address. in an interview, governor christie said his speech will revolve around the theme of shared sacrifice and will focus more on making the case for the election of mitt romney rather than simply attacking the policies of president obama. on the campaign trail it was a busy day for romney s running mate, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. he flew into colorado for two private fundraisers in the denver area. hours earlier, ryan made his first solo stop on the campaign trail at the iowa state fair where he focused his attacks on president obama s economic policy. my guess is the reason president obama isn t making it here from council bluffs is because he only knows left turns. you know, but as
americans. according to a new abc news/ washington post poll, 38% favor congressman paul ryan as mitt romney s running mate. that s up from 23% last week. 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend buzz by picking a running mate, but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent can, ordering the federal government to buy $150 million worth of meat and fish from hard-hit farmers. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill frozen on capitol hill would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate for helping block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. reporter: iowans are seeing ryan. he, too, went to that swing state. a chaotic event. his speech repeatedly disrupted. stop the war on the common good! we don t want a welfare state. we don t want a debt
washington post poll it s up from 23% last week. 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend busby picking a running mate, but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent condition. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill frozen on chile and would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate to help block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and its farming communities. reporter: he, too, went to that swing state. a chaotic event. his speech repeatedly disrupted. we don t want a welfare state. we don t want a debt crisis. we don t want to prolong this recession. reporter: romney s pick put him in trouble in the state of florida, a state full of people using medicare that ryan wants to stink but in st. augustine romney charged obama did that. it was to cut it by $700 b
growing on some americans. according to a new abc washington post poll it s up from 23% last week. 33% viewed ryan unfavorably. nbc s steve handelsman has more. reporter: his opponent got the weekend busby picking a running mate, but in drought-stricken iowa, president obama created his own buzz as only an incumbent condition. we ve got a lot of freezers. reporter: the president said the farm bill frozen on chile and would help more and singled out mitt romney s running mate to help block it. so if you happen to see congressman ryan tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and its farming communities. reporter: he, too, went to that swing state. a chaotic event. his speech repeatedly disrupted. we don t want a welfare state. we don t want a debt crisis. we don t want to prolong this recession. reporter: romney s pick put him in trouble in the state of florida, a state full of people using medicare that ryan wants to stink but in st. augustine romney ch