Tag: Twitter

Twitter Is the Best Predictor of Congressional Races

Buck Banks

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Number of House races correctly predicted by Twitter in the 2010 midterm elections, according to National Journal: “The key measure, researchers from Indiana University found, was a candidate’s ‘tweet share,’ the percentage of total tweets about a race that mention them. The more often a candidate is mentioned on Twitter relative to their opponent, the study reported, the greater their chance for victory.”

No Rush, Apparently. Limbaugh Just Now Joins Twitter

Trish

Showing that he is a hip and happening dude, despite the fact that his average listener is a 67-year-old man, Rush Limbaugh is jumping right into the end of the last decade with his Twitter debut.

Rush knows social media is a more effective means of sending a message than using his show. But then, so is speaking into a can attached by a string to another can.

Tweeting at the handle @Limbaugh, the host began his foray into the social networking site by sending out links to articles criticizing the liberal group Media Matters.

One thing Rush is right about is that social media is a more effective means of sending a message than using his show. But then, so is speaking into a can attached by a string to another can.

“I’ve decided to actually activate it now and use it for strategic purposes since it has become such an effective means of informing people outside the bounds of this program,” Limbaugh explained.

Not totally getting it, however, Rush is his usual pushy self even on Twitter. His tweets come with instructions.

“Good story by @jeff_poor @DailyCaller. He gets it right, @mmfa wrong as usual. Read and Retweet.”

First Twitter Town Hall is Today

Trish

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Kids, don’t forget to log on to America’s first Twitter-hosted* town hall meeting. It takes place today at 2 p.m. Eastern time, and Twitter is going large by having Pres. Obama field questions and comments on how to get the economy going and how to put people back to work.

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) fired a preemptive shot with this tweet:

Republicans #askobama to outline plan #4jobs that doesn’t involve more spending, taxing, regulating http://j.mp/o1bpzE @townhall

Why is it Republicans feel the government should leave everything to the private sector except job creation, the one thing the private sector is best suited to provide? To Republicans, when employment is high, it’s because business is masterful. When employment is low, it’s because government is screwing up. I’m not in the right party to be able to follow this logic.

But to follow the town hall, search for @townhall and use the hashtag, as Speaker Boehner did, #askobama.

* Yes Buck, I know AP style says “host” is not a verb but Twitter itself is calling it that.