Twitter Quitters? Not Sarah Palin

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Robert is just another nobody trying to take a shot at Palin. Sad that a grown man has to go there.

Tiffany of TX 5:43PM May 03, 2009

This column is not even worth commenting on because your just using it to slash away at a decent person, your just an elitist hack. Good luck with that pal. What, you guys looking for approval from your fellow Obama media, fellowship church? You betchya Robert, you are the real twit.

willegge of IL 5:08PM May 01, 2009

I'm a never did twitter. But to follow Governer Palin I may just take it up. The entire article could have been written without mentioning Ms. Palin. But evidently she still has the left shaking in their boots.

U.S. News and World Report is becoming more obsolete than the twitter crowd.

WV Bobby of WV 4:50PM May 01, 2009

So Governor Palin has joined the twitterati, but it seems to be a rapidly dwindling group. Kind of like the Republican Party AND "US AND NEWS REPORT" READERSHIP

Never would have found you if not for Drudge..

Make sure you thank Matt for the link....

Imgone of SD 3:16PM May 01, 2009

If Sarah's twitters all relate to Alaska, the lower 48 will lose interest at a rapid rate. My Senator McCaskill (clairecmc)uses twitter with both DC updates, personal tidbits and appears to read most of the twitters send to her. Made a request of the Senator McCaskill yesterday and her office was immediately in touch with me today. Twitter works for Claire McCaskill.

I am afraid a large number of the people following Sarah Palin are gunning for the little lady from the North. Some of the early twitters to Sarah have been vicious and cruel. Sarah is a very polarizing figure and I am looking forward to seeing whether twitter works for Sarah.

I am afraid the real entertainment is not going to be Sarah's twitters, but those twitters sent to her. Hang on to your chair as I think we are in for some excitement. I don't want to underestimate Sarah, but I am curious whether this will improve her image or contribute to further polarization.

MO Inkslinger of MO 10:55PM April 30, 2009

There's some good analysis here as to why that is:

http://www.twitterbacklash.com

Seth of NJ 6:48PM April 30, 2009

Since the only mode of communication that Sarah Palin seems to excel in is that of the one liner, tweeting seems quite appropriate. But curious individuals tend to like something with a bit more substance.

Jane Bose of CA 5:27PM April 30, 2009

to follow celebrities' every twit and tweet.

Some THINK they do, then they quit.

Muser of NM 4:09PM April 30, 2009

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Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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