Following my report on Michigan state GOP chair Saul Anuzis's
campaign to chair the RNC, the man himself has agreed to do a
newsmaker breakfast with us. Our publisher, Al Regnery, will be
moderating. For some background on Saul, here's the article I wrote when he
announced his candidacy. It's critical, but we're thankful that
Saul had the wherewithal to still agree to do this with us -- a
big problem for Republicans has been the refusal to confront
critics.
Since Saul is big on technology, we figured this would be an
appropriate time to encourage you to send us questions via
Twitter. Our handle
is @AmSpec. We'll ask
the questions, then blog the answers later for you. Perhaps it
would work best if we used a hashtag, so please use #TASNewsmaker.
Speaking of Twitter, we've been following with interest the use
of Top
Conservatives on Twitter. While it's not immediately clear
this can be an effective way of politically dominating, there is
something to be said about creating a community of conservatives
who can speak to eachother only 140 characters at a time. I have
a feeling that there may be fewer flare-ups in an environment
where there's a strict word limit.
For the uninitiated, I highly recommend it. It's basically a blog
that forces you to write very brief posts. Others follow you,
finding you through common interests, etc. You can also find
others you like, including entire news organizations. For one
thing, it encourages good behavior -- if someone is annoying,
they'll see that fewer people are following them. And people who
actually interact with those who criticize them get more people
to follow them.
The real trick to Twitter is that it's really just an ongoing
discussion. We like that approach, so feel free to send messages
to @AmSpec about news
you'd like to see or comments you have on articles.
