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Mitt Romney Cheaps Out on the Munchies

TILTON, NH - JANUARY 06:  Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney laughs during a spaghetti dinner at Tilton School on January 6, 2012 in Tilton, New Hampshire. After spending a day campaigning in South Carolina, Mitt Romney returned to New Hampshire to make a final push ahead of the New Hampshire primary.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Noted ethnic food enthusiast Mitt Romney eagerly anticipates a dollop of very mild salsa hitting his lips.

Mitt Romney held a fancy fund-raiser last evening in New York City. Or, at least, attendees at the $2,500-a-head fund-raiser were under the impression it was going to be fancy. Instead, when they got to the Sheraton Hotel, there was no open bar — $9 for a domestic beer, but that's only patriotic — and the food wasn't very one percent, either, with nary a crostini in sight. The menu, an apparently hungry Romney supporter (former Romney supporter?) told the Post, was chips, salsa, and guacamole. "The guacamole was good," said the anonymous source. "I’ll give them credit for that. It wasn’t spicy, but it was good." Bland but pretty good is actually Romney's whole campaign strategy, so perhaps the menu was fitting.

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images