Read the following context and answer the question.
Context: + For ShookFree Publicity Comes At A PriceWhen your campaign bank account is slim , getting your picture on the front page of the Sanford Herald with anybody has got to look like a plus . And when that person is one of the most admired in the world , the idea of associating campaigns with them has to nearly make one giddy . But there is no free lunch . The price for Linda Shook was speaking from the same podium as Senator Elizabeth Dole on the same subject . That leads to conscious and unconscious comparison between the two candidates .
Question: What got Linda Shook so excited at the event ?
Answer:


Speaking with a US senator .