White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer admitted to Brian Stelter of The New York Times that the deluge of tweets directed toward lawmakers, encouraged last Friday by President Barack Obama, were a factor in the agreement between congressional Democrats and Republicans on the debt ceiling, announced Sunday night.
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You know its a bad day social media-wise when your social media strategy is to cover up a YouTube video you yourself posted for the whole world to see. But that’s exactly what the Polk County Republican Party in Wisconsin has been caught doing. Will politicians ever learn?
Don’t tell Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) social media is just for the young kids. Well, maybe someone already did and that’s why the 76-year-old longtime Senator is banking on his virtual know-how to win voters. He’s unveiled a new campaign ad, on YouTube of course, titled “Grassley Works for Us – Twitter” in which he promises constituents he’ll deliver, virtually.
The results are in, and Republicans like to keep it brief. 140 characters or less, as a matter of fact.
So brief that Republicans now dominate the Twitter universe, far outpacing their Democratic counterparts when it comes to spreading their message on the social networking tool, according to a new report released yesterday by public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.
