Clint Eastwood supporting Romney because `country needs a boost`

Washington: Clint Eastwood has revealed that he his backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

The ‘Dirty Harry’ star was among those who attended a Romney fundraiser on Friday night in Sun Valley, Idaho. “I think the country needs a boost,” Fox News quoted him as saying. In February, he had said that he wasn’t supporting any politician at that time. Some people saw the “halftime in America” ad he made for the Super Bowl as a nod toward President Barack Obama, but he responded then by saying that he was not “politically affiliated” with the president. ANI