IOWA (The Nil Admirari): Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been meeting with large crowds of supporters numbering from one to as many as five people at diners and other venues across Iowa. In order to accommodate such numbers, the former Pennsylvania senator announced today he will be purchasing a minivan so he can meet with all of his supporters in the Hawkeye State.

Santorum did not seem to hear a question from a member of the press about his lagging poll numbers in Iowa and other states.