While Twitter blows up, South Carolina politicos are getting hooked (UPDATED)

(graph from louisgray.com)

Word came yesterday that Twitter has grown 422% in the past year. As it’s popularity grows, so does it’s use among South Carolina politicos. I thought now would be a good time to let you know which one’s are getting their Twitter on. Here they are:

Rep. Nathan Balletine – Quickly becoming South Carolina’s most tech-savvy state legislator. The rate at which he Tweets may soon be classified as an addiction.  Very informative. Check him out.

Rep – Elect Dan Hamilton – He ain’t at the State House yet, but look for Dan to make Nathan work for that most tech-savvy legislator trophy.  He’s probably the geekier of the two, constantly keeping up with the latest and greatest Internet fads.

Rep. Eric Bedingfield – Representative Bedingfield tweets a lot about his family life. Want to know about the everyday life of a SC State Rep? Check out Bedingfield’s page.

Nick Kreymdas -Nick is straight tearing it up for the SC Realtors Association. No other state political group comes close to Nick’s tweets. You have to check him out.

Elizabeth Donehue – Republican fundraiser. She likes to twitter about how her husband plays too much on the Internet when he should be fixin’ stuff around the house.

Joey Millwood – Joey’s win over Bob Walker was one of the biggest upsets in the 2008 primary cycle.  He just starting Twittering and seeing that he is a journalist, we expect good things in his tweets.

Randy Page – As the leader of South Carolina’s most controversial group, South Carolinians for Responsible Government, Randy is sure to have one hot Twitter. He just started twittering last week and he’s already doing it up big time.

SC Policy Council – They write really long reports. 160 characters might not be their thing.

Senator Jim DeMint – The nation’s most tech-savvy U.S. Senator. Enough said.

Congressman Gresham Barrett – Congressman Barrett’s team just started twittering. We hope big things happen here.

Political Net News – Want to know when South Carolina’s news aggregator has been updated?  Follow their tweets.

Palmetto Scoop – Adam Fogle let’s you know when he’s posted.

Taft Matney – Taft blogs about all sorts of things – work, politics, personal life. He keeps it interesting.

The Other Brooks Brother – Taft blogs about all sorts of things – work, politics, personal life. OK, I’m kidding. Maybe it’s not Taft. Maybe it is. Either way, I like this blog and as they reminded us today, they were among the first in SC to use Twitter. They posted their first tweet on 1/24/08 at 11:43 quoting Senator Brad Hutto.

Senate Republican Caucus – the latest news from the Senate Republicans.

Tim Kelly – Very liberal. Very interesting. Tim runs one of the best Democratic blogs in the state.

The State – I like it because their tweets keep me up-to-date on what’s happening throughout the day.

Tim Cameron – He’s gone, but Tim will always be a South Carolinian to me. He convinced me that Twitter is where it’s at and I convinced a bunch of other folks.

Not Very Bright - Another great Democratic blog you should be reading.

John Vierdsen – One funny blogger. Who are you?

Elonkey – Jennifer Read’s blog is actually my favorite SC liberal blog because she does a really good job covering campaigns…and you know that’s where my heart lies.

Katie Baham – The South Carolina Republican Party’s Political Director is on Twitter too. If only we could get her to twitter more.

Drew McKissick – Drew’s blog is great, but like Katie, we have to get him to twitter more.

Amy Wood – Who?  South Carolina’s most tech-savvy television personality. That’s who.

Mattheus Mei – Very liberal and well written. Mattheus knows his/her stuff, although I only agree with about 0.02% of it. Tweets “normally range from mundane to ‘direct yourselves to the notebook.” I read this blog daily. You should too.

WHO NEEDS TO GET THEIR TWITTER ON

Will Folks – who doesn’t want to see something completely obnoxious pop up on their Twitter feed every 10 minutes?

Henry McMaster – Tweets every time an “Internet pervert” is arrested? Sounds about right to me.

Jeffrey Sewell – But who would write his tweets?

Did I leave you off?  Hollar at me and let me know.

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