Originally published on bub.blicio.us
Regardless of your stance on the healthcare debate, on Saturday the 7th history was made. Like so many others out there, I learned about this via Twitter. It was utilized successfully to help President Obama connect during his campaign and he has continued to use Twitter to communicate with his followers (all 2,620,260). This is the tweet shared after the vote:
Not too long ago, our access to politicians was limited to their “State of the (city, state, country) Addresses” and information shared through the press secretary. We now have unprecedented access thanks to social media. Some politicians are quick to jump into Twitter because they believe it will help them win elections. Others are true believers in the tool and how it allows them to connect with the supporters and non-supporters alike.
I am a big fan of lists so I’ve pulled together my list of the most interesting politicians to follow on Twitter. By interesting, I don’t mean that they have a similar viewpoint to mine, which means there are representatives from both parties and can lead to some entertaining updates. The list is in alphabetical order, enjoy!
- http://twitter.com/BarackObama
- http://twitter.com/Barbara_Boxer
- http://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley
- http://twitter.com/clairecmc
- http://twitter.com/EricCantor
- http://twitter.com/gavinNewsom
- http://twitter.com/joebiden
- http://twitter.com/JoeSestak
- http://twitter.com/schwarzenegger
- http://twitter.com/senjohnmccain
