socialmedian: Handful Of Lawmakers Give Twitter A Try

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Submitted by Infodiva

Jul 29, 2008

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Reps. John Culberson, R-Texas, and Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, might be the most prominent Twitter users on Capitol Hill, but they aren't the only lawmakers utilizing the innovative social media platform to communicate with constituents. We uncovered a few other famous political faces who have posted short missives online -- some more recently and regularly than others (more screenshots after the jump.) Read the full article

Comments (13)

Cemarlotte,

Jul 29, 2008

I'd be much more likely to vote again for an elected official if I knew what he or she was up to. Twitter is a great way to do this, and is a compliment to any communications plan. Do elected officials have communications plans? I kind of don't think they all do. They should.

Jasongoldberg,

Jul 29, 2008

This makes a ton of sense -- the key though is that the elected person needs to do it themselves. If they have a staffer do it, it'll fall flat.

Ophelia,

Jul 29, 2008

I have a UK Member of Parliment as one of my twitter friends. He found my artwork online and we became friends when he contacted me. We then found out that both of us are on twitter. He uses it to broadcast what he is working on.

Jyarmis,

Jul 29, 2008

My congressman, @ShaysCongress , is supposedly Twittering. A friend asked him about it at an appearance over the weekend and he had no idea what they were talking about. Clearly a staffer. Clearly bogus.

Jasongoldberg,

Jul 29, 2008

This is very cool. Other stories like this?

Infodiva,

Jul 30, 2008

I am tracking any and everything Twitter. I love Technology and Politics. I'll post stories like this as they arise.

Ophelia,

Jul 30, 2008

any politician should register with twitter so that no one can twitter using their name. even if they never use it, it's a good precaution.

Jptrenn,

Jul 30, 2008

You would think that they'd tell the Congressman that they're tweeting in his name. Although...I do know of someone who's captured a partisan type name and he's on the other side. I'm in DC.

Jptrenn,

Jul 30, 2008

Just checked it. Looks like campaign presence. And done in third person, so it's probably legit. But they should explain it better.

Orchid8,

Jul 30, 2008

I've been following Culbertson for a few weeks ago and I'm really impressed by his use of the medium, and I am by no means a Republican. :) It's good to see capitol hill opening up, slowly but surely.