Rosenblatt Rallies the Troops, as Progressives Power-Up on Twitter to Match Conservative Activists
One of the more noteworthy developments in the online politics world over the past six months has been the enthusiastic embrace of the micro-blogging tool Twitter by conservative activists, particularly after the “Dontgo” movement this past summer. In that case, several Republican congressmembers camped out on the House floor during the August recess to protest the lack of a vote on expanded oil-and-gas drilling, and supporters vigorously chronicled their activities through short messages to the Twitter-using audience. Since then, conservatives have created Twitter accounts in droves (the e.politics Twitter feed has seen periodic bursts of Republican activists join), and Twitter has apparently come up repeatedly in the race for RNC chair.
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