Late yesterday evening Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa) met with around 40 supporters in one of his last stops before tomorrow's election.

Santorum, who was accompanied by his wife Karen and state Sen. Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte), visited the Republican Victory Center, 232 S. Allen St., for an hour last night. He said he came to show his appreciation for the long hours put in by party volunteers in the weeks leading up to Election Day.

"The secret weapon we have is the people in this room," Santorum said. "There's a silent vote out there and they will come on Election Day because we've given them a reason to come."

Alex Etchen (senior-marketing and business law), a volunteer for the Republican Victory Center, said he first became involved with Santorum's campaign as one of his interns this past summer.

"We've basically just been making calls every day and this past weekend we went door to door," Etchen said.

Etchen said volunteers have been getting "a lot of positive feedback" from community members they have contacted.

Santorum said there are at least 400 to 500 people from all over the state helping with his campaign.

"We did a quarter of a million volunteer contacts this past week," Santorum said. "We did 37,000 doors yesterday in the city of Philadelphia."

College Republicans President Todd Taylor said he, as well as other Penn State students, were some of the volunteers Santorum mentioned.

"We've done hundreds of phone calls and a lot of us were in Philadelphia this weekend," Taylor said. "We were part of that task force that did those doors."

Both Taylor and Santorum said they remain optimistic despite Santorum trailing in election polls.

"We've been behind on many election days and I'm still here," Santorum said. "In the end I have enough faith in the people of Pennsylvania to vote for something rather than to vote for someone who says their not someone else."

Santorum also criticized his opponent, state Treasurer Bob Casey, for not calling for an apology from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) after the comments Kerry made about U.S. troops in Iraq last week.

"Here was a chance for a guy to stand up when clearly someone in his party did something wrong," Santorum said. "It was a chance for him to show that he's not just a rubber stamp for the Democratic Party line.

Jack Gdovin (senior-finance) said he went for a chance to see the senator and hear him speak.

"I think he's done a lot of good for Pennsylvania," Gdovin said. "It would be very upsetting if someone were to take his place who didn't have as much clout."