Bill Koenig (left) of West Des Moines, Iowa, with his 5-year-old grandson, Graham Kenworthy, braves the cold and rain alongside Marcella Yochum and her son, Scott Yochum, to see Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at an early-morning rally at a Hy-Vee grocery store in West Des Moines on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)