Mitt Romney’s Common Touch Includes $50-or-So for One Female Supporter

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - DECEMBER 09: Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) hugs supporter Joni Scotter, from Marion, Iowa, as his son Josh Romney (L) looks on at a town hall meeting at Diamond V South Plant on December 9, 2011 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Romney is campaigning in the state one month before the Iowa caucuses and one day before the GOP presidential debate. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - DECEMBER 09: Republican presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) hugs supporter Joni Scotter, from Marion, Iowa, as his son Josh Romney (L) looks on at a town hall meeting at Diamond V South Plant on December 9, 2011 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Romney is campaigning in the state one month before the Iowa caucuses and one day before the GOP presidential debate. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Photo: Kevork Djansezian/2011 Getty Images

After a cash-strapped volunteer showed up at a South Carolina campaign rally Saturday, Romney gave her “what he had on him,” about $50 or $60. We know Romney’s a pretty well-off guy, but if he’s decided to start paying his backers, that fortune of his may not last too long.

Mitt Romney’s Common Touch Includes $50