Clint Eastwood for Mitt Romney

Clint Eastwood gave a strong endorsement to cantidate of Republicans Mitt Romney. The famous actor and director annonced hiw desicion. "I think the country needs a boost," Eastwood told The Associated Press.

He argued that "now more than ever do we need Gov. Romney. I'm going to be voting for him,". Moreover he hoped Romney would restore "a decent tax system that we need badly ... so that there's a fairness and people are not pitted against one another as who's paying taxes and who isn't."

When Romney discovered the Eastwood's endorsement said: "He just made my day. What a guy!"

Standing at Romney's side, Eastwood added he was filming "Mystic River" in Massachusetts almost a decade ago when he first saw political advertisements featuring Romney, who was running for governor at the time.

Eastwood said: "I said, God, this guy, he's too handsome to be governor, but he does look like he could be president. As the years have gone by I began to think even more so about that."

Mr Romney is challenging Mr Obama for the White House in autumn's presidential elections.