The Unveiling of "RSite"

Saturday evening, I had the pleasure of attending a special party at the Santorum headquarters for Young and College Republicans. It was an honor to help launch a brand new extension of the Santorum campaign right alongside Senator Santorum, Karissa Kilgore, and the Students for Santorum chairman, Aaron Marks. It’s called RSite, a cool youth-oriented web video series that I spent my summer working on. This new series is going to be our way to reach out to young voters and let them know how Senator Santorum is working for them!

Working on this video series has been one of the most fun and interesting projects I’ve ever been a part of. It’s something that, to my knowledge, has never really been done on a campaign before. Over the summer, Karissa and I traveled with the Senator on his bus tour, attended special events with him, and went into the studio to record special two-minute webisodes. It was great being behind the scenes of the campaign, working hand in hand with his awesome staff, and really feel like I was helping the campaign in a new and exciting way.

Saturday, the Senator spoke to a large crowd consisting almost entirely of College Republicans from all over Southwestern Pennsylvania. He made it clear how important CR’s are going to be in this upcoming election, referring to these students as the fuel to the grassroots engine. The Senator was state chairman of the College Republicans during the first Reagan campaign back in 1980. It was great to meet fellow CR’s and see such strong, young support for the Senator.

For too long media outlets like MTV have been labeling young voters as Democrats and liberals. It’s time now that we use outlets like RSite, as well as blogs, Facebook, YouTube, and other New Media tools to spread the word that it’s okay if you are a young conservative or a Young Republican. In fact, it makes sense to be a Young Republican, because people like Senator Santorum are out there every day fighting for our future: whether its Social Security reform or the War on Terror, the Senator is on our side! I hope that you will share these videos with your friends, hold CR parties in a media classroom with a projector, and spread the word about RSite.

It’s great to finally be able to talk about RSite, a project that I’ve been excited about for some time now. We have all put a lot of time and effort into these shows, and it has been a real pleasure working with everyone every step of the way. As I said while introducing the episodes Saturday evening, the Santorum campaign staff is one of the friendliest, most passionate groups of people I have ever worked for. They are always a pleasure to be around, which made this whole experience never feel like “work.”

With RSite ready to roll with a month before the election… I’m ready to keep up the fight!