Senators Supporting Senators

It's no surprise that there are some other U.S. Senators really pulling for Rick Santorum. It is a surprise, however, that one is so serious about keeping Rick in the Senate that he would travel to Pennsylvania from his home state of South Carolina for the purpose of rallying energy around the campaign.

Jim DeMint (R-SC) came to the Victory Center in downtown Greensburg this morning for a breakfast with campaign volunteers. It was a great turn out--the room was filled with people in support of Rick!

DeMint told the crowd that he did, in fact, feel very strongly about keeping Rick in the Senate. He said, "If I didn't think this was a race worth winning, I would have stayed home... probably just on the beach somewhere." The crowd laughed, since it was all of 40º this morning.

Senator DeMint enforced that showing support doesn't mean just walking up to people and saying "I support Rick Santorum, and you should, too." Putting a bumper or window sticker on your car, putting a sign in your yard, being active with the campaign and not hiding it--all of these things, DeMint said, will influence the people that aren't maybe as active as you are.

He said that chances are that some people are going to wait until a few days before the election to begin thinking about who they'll vote for. But if they know that you're active and "in the know" more than they are, they might trust that you know the issues and the candidates. They might vote for who's on your bumper sticker, if the name is out there.

I think that it is really exciting to know that another senator--one of Rick's colleagues--feels so strongly about the Pennsylvania Senate race that he would come up here to show his support. That really says something to me.

(Plus, as a side note, it's really awesome that the SHU CRs have had the opportunity to meet and talk with two U.S. Senators in just one week! The picture below is from the RSite website launch on 10/7/06.)

{This blog also posted on ricksantorum.com.)