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few grandchildren served complementary pancakes and syrup to
a crowd of 3,000 people. Having
waited outside in the pouring rain
all morning, many in the soggy
crowd looked like they could have
used a spike of whisky in their coffee. Romney held similar pancake
events in Milwaukee, Wis., and
Snellville, Ga., earlier this year.
Romney, a practicing Mormon,
eschews coffee as he does alcohol, though he recently sampled
coffee-flavored ice cream at a
campaign event in Nantucket. The
former Massachusetts governor’s
favorite type of restaurant stop
this summer was unquestionably the ice cream parlor. Familyfriendly and harkening back to
simpler times, the five ice cream
parlors that Romney was photographed visiting highlighted two
of his favorite talking points about
himself: his five children and his
marriage of 43 years.
Romney has also been more
restrained in his number of restaurant stops. While both candidates have each taken two official
bus tours through swing states
since Romney obtained enough
delegates to secure the nomination in May, Obama has appeared
at 21 food-related stops—from
In this photo
released by the
White House,
Obama shares
strawberry pie
with a boy at
Kozy Corners
restaurant in
Oak Harbor,
Ohio.