Convention Report: SHU Mentioned in Presentation

During the speeches on the first night of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans Convention, Seton Hill's College Republican chapter was mentioned during one of the speeches. Mindy Finn, the director of New Media and Technology for the Rick Santorum campaign, mentioned our organization, along with Penn State as two of the schools heading up the Santorum campaign blogs.

Seton Hill's College Republican blog has been noticed by recent campaigns, and has allowed contributors to seek opportunities for political blogging elsewhere. The SHU CR's have been tapped to lead the pack in Santorum's new college student blog diaries.

As exhibited during Mindy's presentation, the Santorum campaign is breaking new ground in electronic campaigning. They are truly embracing the New Media revolution that had just begun to show during the 2004 campaign. The campaign has started a new program allowing volunteers to sign up to be "Rick's Running Mates," which gives people access to a virtual campaign headquarters! From there, volunteers can send letters to the editor of their hometown paper, look for upcoming events, call talk radio stations, and stay up to date on all of the latest issues. It's like nothing I've ever seen before, and promises to give Rick a huge leg-up in the grassroots effort.