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The wave of momentum carrying former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum washed ashore at the Republican caucus site at Shuler Elementary School here Tuesday night.By 6 p.m., caucusgoers had started congregating as Santorum's campaign bus was parked outside, while supporters of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas were busy planting signs around the school. Phil Tuning, the caucus chair at Shuler, said they expected about 500 people in the school gymnasium. Clive and surrounding Dallas County west of Des Moines are primarily Republican territory. Many of the crowd sat cross-legged on the gymnasium floor.Republican John McCain carried the county in 2008 against Democrat Barack Obama. mulberry bagsTuning said about 42% of registered voters in Clive are Republicans, compared with about 23% who are Democrats. Leading the Santorum backers were Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the Arkansas couple with 19 children and stars of the reality show 19 Kids and Counting. Jim Bob Duggar is a Republican former state representative.The Duggars endorsed Santorum, who has seven children of his own, on Monday, and Jim Bob Duggar spoke on his behalf at the Clive caucus. While voters waited on bleachers to cast their ballots, the Duggar family worked their way around the large Shuler Elementary gymnasium greeting voters and asking them to support Santorum.They found some new converts to Santorum's cause, which had seemed a lost one until last month. Jerry Floyd, who works for the state of Iowa but is originally from Texas, said he was voting for Santorum because he supports his values but said he voted for Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the Ames straw poll this summer.mulberry sale"It was a tough decision," Floyd, 43, said. "Texas is kind of self-existent. I think he takes a lot of credit for some things that maybe he shouldn't get a whole lot of credit for.""I don't know that he's ready for the big stage," Floyd said. Ron Nesbit, a retired sales and marketing consultant, said he initially liked businessman Herman Cain but decided on Santorum recently because of his family values message. "I liked Herman Cain and had done business with him," Nesbit said. "I liked him, but I hadn't made my mind up until last week." "I'm for Ron Paul. I'm probably his oldest supporter," said Hintz, owner of an educational business, from Clive. "I truly believe in everything good about him and what he wants for America."Hintz then turned to Larry Griggs, a retired voter from Clive, and said, "Are you a Ron Paul fan?"Griggs shrugged noncommittally. Hintz was undeterred.mulberry bags for sale"I'm going to turn you into a Ron Paul fan when I'm done!" she said.Griggs, 70, said he was considering Paul and Perry before making what has become a steady chorus from Republican voters here this year: "I really haven't 100% made up my mind."