Romney’s “Body Man” is Pumped About Romney’s Snacks!

Meet Garrett Jackson, special assistant to Mitt Romney and, since Thursday, special assistant to Mitt Romney’s appetite. In an effort to combat the media’s portrayal of Romney as a stiff, pandering politician, the camp unveiled a new behind-the-scenes blog last week written by “Body Man” Jackson. The first priority appears to be establishing that Romney enjoys foodstuffs and, if you do too, further establishing he also enjoys eating those foodstuffs.

Foodstuffs such as pancakes:

With a side of pancake Tweets:

Romney eats oatmeal for its texture, not health benefits:

Mitt and Ann Romney are totally BFFs with a Puerto Rican shaved ice dude:

Only retro cupcakes are appreciated around here, OK?

Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Rick Santorum establishes that he has a lot in common with the average American male physique.