Facing Tough Reelection, Senator Hatch Turns to Zuckerberg

You're a six-term Senator who finds himself a Tea Party target and primary underdog who needs all the votes he can get, mostly that Web-friendly 18-29 demographic. What do you do? Recruit Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to stand next to you on stage, of course.

You’re a six-term U.S. Senator suddenly made a Tea Party target and primary underdog, in need of all the votes you can get, not to say that Web-friendly 18-29 demographic. What do you do? Recruit Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to stand next to you on stage, of course.

That’s the strategy of Orrin Hatch, the senior Senator from Utah, who has invited Zuckerberg to appear with him at a technology forum before college students at Brigham Young University on March 25.

The senator, who chairs the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force, will discuss social media and innovation from the economic and public policy perspectives, while Zuckerberg will provide an innovator’s point of view on technology, growth and social media, according to a

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