Governors Tweet

Twitter coming soon to East Wing?

Link to Gannett Wisconsin Media article in January 14 Oshkosh Northwestern, "Nation's governors embrance 'tweeting' trend".

Excerpt: A growing number of politicians are getting their messages across in 140 characters or less.

Thirty-two of the nation’s 50 governors use the micro-blogging site Twitter for everything from alerting followers to storm and travel news to telling them what they just had for breakfast, a Gannett Wisconsin Media review found. Twenty-three of them began tweeting last year.

Wisconsin’s Gov. Jim Doyle has yet to send a tweet, although he is considering an account.

“You know my natural instinct is, why in the world would somebody want to know up to the second what I’m thinking or doing at a particular time,” he said. “Having said that, maybe I have to get with it.”

Some examples (ones that are at or near the top of a Twitter "Find People" search for "Governor":

Gov. Bob Riley. (Alabama)

Gov. Jan Brewer. (Arizona)

Gov. Jodi Rell. (Connecticut)

Gov. Martin O'Malley. (Maryland)

Gov. Bill Richardson. (New Mexico)