Clint Eastwood fundraising for Romney

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This might have made Mitt Romney's day. Actor Clint Eastwood showed up at a campaign event for the GOP White House hopeful on Friday, POLITICO's 2012 team reports:

"Dirty Harry" star Clint Eastwood, who made waves when he appeared in the "it's halftime in America" Super Bowl ad, was at a Mitt Romney fundraiser tonight, per a pool report flagged by POLITICO's Ginger Gibson.

Update: Eastwood endorsed Romney at the event, telling the crowd: "It's now more important than ever that we need Gov. Romney and I'm going to be voting for him as I know most of you will be ... we've got to just spread the word and get the whole country behind this..."