Rick Santorum’s first foray into Iowa isn’t going so well:
When just one Iowan showed up to Rick Santorum’s 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant here Monday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses made a quick decision: Might as well order lunch.
“I haven’t eaten, actually, all day,” he said to his guest, Peggy Toft, an insurance agent and chair of the county’s Republican Party.
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“They’re known for their breaded tenderloins, but there’s a lot of good choices here,” Toft told Santorum as he eyed the menu.
Another woman, one of four photographers in the room, recommended the rhubarb pie.
“Rhubarb pie? Are you a reporter here?” Santorum asked.
“Local reporter,” she said, “and I work here part-time.”
Santorum settled on the tenderloin with a side of onion rings. By the time they showed up, three more Iowans had entered the restaurant and found their way to his table.
It can only go up from here, right?
