Dan Cirucci: Founder: 'Draft Christie' Website Off To 'Good Start'

Monday, October 18, 2010

Founder: 'Draft Christie' Website Off To 'Good Start'

A website (www.draftchristie2012.com) launched on October 14th to enlist the support of Americans in an effort to draft New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to run for President in 2012 signed up 838 supporters in its first 72 hours. New Facebook and Twitter features are also showing significant support.
“It is a start and I think it is a good one,” said Donald Sico, Executive Director of www.draftchristie2012.com. “But we have a long way to go if we are to convince this reluctant warrior.”
The website was launched at 6 a.m. on Thursday October 14th to coincide with the 365th anniversary of the birth of William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia. The first list of supporters was compiled at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, October 17. Updates will be provided publicly on a weekly basis. The complete list will be given to Governor Christie at the completion of the effort.
The 838 supporters who filled out a form at the website represent 45 of the 50 states (Alaska, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming had no supporters thus far.) as well as overseas military personnel and one former New Jerseyan now living in Montreal, Canada. Governor Christie’s home state of New Jersey led the list with 133 supporters followed by California (70), Texas (55), Pennsylvania (40), Florida (37), Illinois (36), New York (35), Virginia (32) and North Carolina (28). Supporters included military officers, county committee members (and one county chair from South Dakota), elected officials, delegates and Tea Party members. Numerous independents and several Democrats also supported the effort.
The Facebook page, which was launched on Saturday evening, had more than 100 followers by Monday morning and the Twitter site had 32. Both the Facebook and Twitter sites can be linked to from the www.draftchristie2012 site. As of Monday morning, the webpage had nearly 5,000 (4,926) “unique visitors” and more than 34,000 (34,226) “hits.” The top five referrers to the webpage were: www.observer.com, www.politicsdaily.com, www.facebook.com, www.philadelphia.cbslocal.com, www.politickernj.com, www.blogs.app.com, www.iowaindependent.com, www.dailyrecord.com, www.philly.com and www.salon.com.
Those who filled out the form were given the opportunity to “comment.” A compilation of many of the comments is included as an addendum to this release. Reporters who would like to be put in touch with commenters from their states can make that request by contacting Sico by email at dsiconj@gmail.com.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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