Ryan Learning Romney Ropes as Staff Studies Him Via Video

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On the third day of his vice presidential campaign, U.S. Representative Paul Ryan met his staff.

Fresh from a workout at a hotel gym in Iowa, Ryan stared into a video-conference monitor in exercise shorts and a University of Wisconsin baseball cap pulled down low. In Boston, a team of lawyers trooped into an office at campaign headquarters to greet their new boss -- from 1,300 miles away.