New Political Realtiy of Web 2.0 - Connecting With the Public Via Microblogging
Newsweek: Who’s Winning the Twitter Wars? How Democratic and Republican politicians use the popular microblogging service.
"For the foreseeable future, Republicans will continue to broadcast their message widely,while the left-most wing of the Democratic Party mounts a quiet, steady defense. Strategists on both sides agree that Twitter—or at least, the short-form communication that Twitter has pioneered—will be crucial to campaigns for years to come. It turns out that a powerful message can indeed be delivered with only 140 characters."