Dueling speeches: Obama, Romney go at it in Ohio

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop at Seilkop Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop at Seilkop Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama waves as boards Air Force One, Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a campaign stop at Seilkop Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama waves as he walks through the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2012, before boarding Marine One, Thursday, June 14, 2012, on the South Lawn. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

CLEVELAND (AP) ? From opposing sides of battleground Ohio, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are offering vastly different visions of how to speed up America's economic recovery. They accused each other on Thursday of pursuing failed ideas, though neither described more than his own familiar platform.

In Cincinnati, Romney said, "Don't forget, he's been president for three and a half years. And talk is cheap. Actions speak very loud." Romney, speaking just ahead of Obama's economic address, said, "If you want to see the results of his economic policy, look around Ohio, look around the country."

Obama, trying in Cleveland to define the choice for voters, presented the election as a time when the country could break a stalemate of ideas. He said, "If you want to give the policies of the last decade another try, then you should vote for Mr. Romney."

Associated Press

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