Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was one of many people around the country to be distracted by the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament, which concluded this afternoon. DeMint was especially excited about the Open champion.
Israel, however, did not retweet a specific post written by @yidwithlid. Israel's sparring partner describes himself as a "Common Sense Zionist Jewish Libertarian" on his Twitter bio and has 1,299 followers.
Twitter Room believes Israel's first message was a reaction to this tweet by @yidwithlid:
Tweet your Congressman and senators on Health Care. Ask If OBAMACARE is So Great, Why Did they EXEMPT THEMSELVES? http://tinyurl.com/mfsgy8
@yidwithlid links to a sarcastic post about allegations that Democrats exempted members of Congress from their healthcare proposal. Rep. Israel's office did not respond to an inquiry about his original tweet and thus did not confirm that he responded to this specific tweet.
A top Twitterer in Iran got a boost from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who recommended everyone follow a feed for Iranian election news.
In a tweet, McCain urged his followers to track @TehranBureau, which has emerged as one of the most prominent independent voices to dispatch news from Iran in the wake of that country's contested presidential election.
everyone needs to follow TehranBureau - its compelling call for everyone to be involved.
TehranBureau, which is also a website, bills itself as "an independent online magazine about Iran and the Iranian diaspora" on its Twitter biography.
Twitter is considered to have encountered a watershed moment for its role in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iranian presidential election, after the government has cracked down on official media reports of the violent protests of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
TehranBureau has more than 17,000 Twitter followers.
This morning, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) announced that he now supports full marriage rights for same sex couples instead of just civil unions. Dodd shared his thoughts on Twitter.
I know public officials aren't supposed to change their minds, but I wanted to share with you why I changed mine. http://bit.ly/gq8KQ
Dodd linked to an op-ed he penned for the Meriden Record Journal (Conn.) on Sunday. In it, the senator wrote that "I am also proud to now count myself among the many elected officials, advocates, and ordinary citizens who support full marriage equality for same-sex couples."
Dodd noted that his past support for civil unions was because he was "raised to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman." However, he noted that "effective leaders must be able and willing to grow and change over their service...Thirty-five years ago, who could have imagined that we'd have an African-American President of the United States?"
Democrats are under increasing pressure from LGBT groups to overturn standing provisions that they deem unjust. For example, gay rights groups have criticized the Obama administration for issuing a legal brief in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents federal acknowledgment of same-sex marriages. LGBT groups have also accused the administration and Congress of dragging its feet on repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military. Several gay rights groups have even held protests of DNC fundraisers in order to pressure Democratic leaders to support their policies.
Last Wednesday, the Connecticut General Assembly voted to make same-sex marriage legal abiding by a state Supreme Court ruling issued late last year. Dodd also faces a tough general election challenge from from GOP primary front runner, former congressman Rob Simmons.
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) is spending his Monday in the "Golden Triangle," but not the one most readers might be imagining.
Brady is heading to Texas's own area of that name, which consists of the oil-rich area between the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.
A downtown section of Washington, D.C. shares the same promotional nickname, and is home to a number of upscale shops, restaurants, and office buildings -- many of which house lobbying and interest groups.
Proud to be on the trail today with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
McDonnell, who formerly served as Virginia's Attorney General and in the House of Delegates, will face State Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) in the general election this fall. McDonnell is trying to take back the State House for the GOP, which has not held the governorship since 2001. But a Rasmussen poll released in mid-June showed Deeds leading McDonnell by a six point margin.
Deeds is running on the mantle of the two previous Democratic governors, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner. Both men were well-liked by the Virginia electorate, which has been trending leftward in recent years after being a GOP stronghold for nearly four decades. President Barack Obama's victory in Virginia during the 2008 election was the first time the state voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
UPDATED [2:45pm]: Deed's campaign has released a statement on McDonnell's decision to include Barbour on the campaign:
For a candidate running to be a moderate, Bob McDonnell doesn't seem
to have any problem praising the cheerleaders for the old-style
Republican policies of the likes of George Bush and Jim Gilmore.
McDonnell calls Haley Barbour a model governor, but Barbour is
proposing tax increases for Mississippians while rejecting federal
money to fund benefits for unemployed workers...
The hill picked up my latest blog post: http://bit.ly/xgRje What do you think? #tcot #tweetcongress
Issa referred his tweeps to his post to the Congress Blog regarding President Obama's firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. Twitter Room is extremely jealous of our colleagues at Congress Blog for garnering Rep. Issa's admiration.
A couple of items of campaign news from Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) this morning. Perry tweeted some love for the conservative blog, RedState that recently endorsed him for re-election:
Perry is facing a primary challenge from Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R), who is currently serving her third term in the Senate. A Rasmussen poll released in early May showed Perry leading Hutchinson by a slim four point margin. The GOP gubernatorial primary is set to take place in March 2010.
Also, Perry has begun fundraising for his campaign after a six month hiatus. According to his website, Texas law prevented his campaign from fundraising between mid-December and June 21st because he is the incumbent candidate.
It'd take a bit more than a congressional rookie to figure out who Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's (R-Fla.) travel buddies are this Monday.
Ros-Lehtinen tweeted about heading to Haiti on an official trip, but had to use some select initials to fit in her companions under Twitter's 140-character limit.
About to board the plane to haiti. Such a poor country. Glad to be with kendrick, DWS, LDB, MDB. Bipartisanship is key to solutions.
For those playing at home, we're pretty sure she means she's traveling -- in order -- with Reps. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
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