Adel, Iowa— It was a ringing non-endorsement on a surprisingly slow news day here, considering the first votes of the 2012 presidential cycle are to be cast in a week. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, the only candidate in the state today, went pheasant hunting with Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King, an evangelical conservative. The former Pennsylvania senator killed some black pheasant and quail but failed to bag the endorsement of the influential Republican leader.