Politicians’ Tweets Are Mostly Self-Promotional, Researchers Say
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 19th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Politicians’ Tweets Are Mostly Self-Promotional, Researchers Say
The arrival of Twitter on Capitol Hill has given ordinary citizens access to the candid, real-time thoughts of their elected representatives.
A Team Player Who Stands Apart
With the exception of former senator Edmund S. Muskie’s brief turn as secretary of state at the end of the Carter administration, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first politician in the job in six decades — the rest have hailed from the fields of foreign policy or the military.
Conservative Activists Find Cause to Celebrate at D.C. Gathering
As conservative activists gathered Friday to kick off their Value Voters Summit, they knew they are facing sizable challenges to their political platform: With Democrats in the White House and holding large majorities in Congress, many of social conservatives’ top legislative priorities, such as a…