@mac-phisto: @pecan 3.14159265: Not to mention the fact that Virginia is a traditionally red state and DC which is filled with minorities (read:democrats) would be swallowed whole.

@JosephFinn: I'm in the IL-14th. No representation in Twitter, or Congress. Those shitbags don't even begin to represent my interests or even care what they are.

Since then, they've really, really started picking up on new technologies like Twitter and whatnot. Even if it's just their staffers doing it, the people working for them are starting to get really connected.

I think people are going to be very surprised about eight years from now if this keeps up. (Or maybe even just four years.)

On a semi-unrelated note, I actually live above Clair McCaskill's offices in Springfield Missouri, and nearly every night someone lobs garbage (or...fruit? I can't really tell what it is) at her windows. It's tough being a democrat in this town I guess.

why can't they just shift the representation to maryland or virginia & give one of them an extra seat or two?

@Yoko Broke Up The Beatles: Assuming they get more that 1 tweet a day, it's almost certain that it's someone in their office (probably a technically inclined intern(s)) that's dealing with this type of thing and summarizing for the congressperson.

But hey, you never know, some older people are just as technologically involved as kids these days.

it's okay, guys, i'll just assume you're paying attention to your job and not dicking around on your blackberry. [yeah right, but still!]

Some of my congresspeople are of the elderly set, let's say, and I just envision them to react to twitter the same way my 88-year-old grandma reacted to when I tried to explain to her what e-mail is: confusion and apathy.

Then again, the senators and representatives aren't the ones actually checking in, are they? Wouldn't they have some twenty-something intern do most of the twitter dirty work for them?

@pecan 3.14159265: I'd be in favor of a Constitutional Amendment to give D.C. residents representation. Until then, however, Congress has no authority to overrule it.

@HiPwr: Term limits? Strom Thurman never would've let this happen. Kidding, of course!

The Senate voted in favor of the bill not too long ago. With so much democratic majority in DC at the moment you might just have a chance.

I've never used this Twitter site, but every time I've written to a reprentative on the federal level, I get back a lame form-letter. The answer to our failing government is TERM LIMITS.