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Police in Bloomington, Minnesota arrested a man on Monday for throwing a tomato at Sarah Palin during her book tour appearance at the Mall of America. The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential was not hit, but tomato fragments struck two police officers. The tomato flung from the second level balcony hit the stage and missed Palin by 10 feet, according to WCCO-TV. People on the balcony helped the police apprehend the suspect. ”Police identified him as 33-year-old Jeremy Paul Olson from St. Paul, but they think he also goes by the name Jeremiah Wobbe,” reported WCCO-TV. “Police said he was arrested and booked on assault and disorderly conduct charges. Officers added that when they arrested him, they found two more tomatoes he'd been carrying.”
“She''s done a lot to draw attention to herself that''s positive,” Politico quoted Santorum, as saying. "She has done some things that, you know, certainly are going to cause her to have to do some explaining if she runs for president,” he added. During an interview on ABC’s “Top Line”, Santorum said: “But right now I think she''s on a roll, she''s having a good time, she''s having an impact. “If you''re sitting here out of office, the thing you want to do is have an impact on the direction of the country right now, if you''re not governing things. And she''s having an impact,” he continued. On his own 2012 presidential ambitions, Santorum said that he’s “absolutely taking a look” at building a presidential campaign. “But look, I''m doing it in the context that right now, there very important matters and I want to weigh into those matters as to what the Republican Party stands for in 2010,” he said. "I think I''ve been very clear that, you know, we need to stand foursquare on the traditional values,” he added.