It just so happens that his call comes on what is almost a Twitter holiday known as "." Follow Friday is a longstanding Twitter tradition, during which twitterers post statuses with recommendations of who to follow. Here, President Obama and his supporters seem to be celebrating #FollowFriday in grand style.
Calls by President Obama to use Twitter first came . President Obama lamented the lack of progress as the Tuesday deadline for default quickly approached, and asked citizens to "make a phone call, send an e-mail, tweet" their representatives to demand a solution.
This is the second time that the President has called on Americans to contact Washington over the debt battle. He made a similar call on Monday evening. Monday's request ended up and took the websites of several lawmakers offline.
This time, President Obama appears to be leaning mainly on Twitter. "The time for putting party first is over. If you want to see a bipartisan , let Congress know. Call. Email. Tweet," .
The @barackobama twitter account then went state by state, listing the handles of Republican legislators and calling for twitterers to contact them and demand a deal.
It is hard to judge just how successful the President's latest salvo in the increasingly bitter battle over the debt ceiling battle may be. However, that President Obama even mentioned Twitter in the same vein as other established communications mediums is a pretty significant endorsement.
Obama's opponents are also turning to Twitter to for support. If you search for tweets about the President's plea, there are plenty of calls for voters to tweet the same representatives and ask them not to compromise. There are even calls for voters to tweet the President and ask him to compromise and acquiesce to Republican demands.
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