GOPers Expand Their Twitter Majority

Though Dems rule Congress, there's one universe in which GOPers still reign: Twitter.

Earlier today, TweetCongress (a private site that tracks Cong. Twitter usage) added the 100th GOPer -- Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) -- to its list giving the party a commanding 44-tweeter majority over the Dems.

So far GOPers dominate the site's Most Followed, Most Active and Most Conversational lists, compiled using algorithims that track just how much time Cong. tweeters are spending communicating through the service.

It's not all bad news for tweeting Dems, though. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) still sits atop the TweetCongress list of Most Political tweeters. How does he do it? With a steady stream of riveting tweets like this one:

@SenJeffMerkley: "Senator Merkley took to the floor today to address the dangers of playing politics with health care reform: http://tinyurl.com/lqx9r2"

(EVAN McMORRIS-SANTORO)