McCain's tech deficit poses problem, Politico.

All of the techies suggested that McCain open his own Twitter account and post short messages directly to the Internet.

“I wouldn’t let any staff anywhere near it,” he said.

“For the love of G-d, don't let him be photographed using the web as if it's something to photograph him doing,” e-mailed a Republican consultant and blogger, Karol Sheinin. “It will just remind everyone of that time they taught their grandpa about e-mail.”

“He has to stop talking about it,” said Josh Levy, the managing editor of the social networking site Change.org. “He should just drop it into conversation, say, ‘Yeah, I only use Firefox.’”

McCain’s progress, so far, has been slow, and delivered in language that suggests he’s not ready to name-drop a popular open-source browser just yet.

History on the House Floor, BlueyBlog.

What better place to witness history than the U.S. Capitol. Today when Republicans took over the House floor for six hours in protest of the Democrats’ adjourning without a vote on oil drilling, the GOP not only showed some backbone but also left a mark on Congress that won’t soon be forgotten. I’m thankful that I was able to witness it firsthand.

This wasn’t the first time lawmakers pulled off a stunt like this. Democrats did it back in 1995 during the government shutdown. But this was the first time citizens visiting our nation’s capital saw the action up close from the House floor and could follow it live on the Twitter accounts of Reps. John Culberson (R-Tex.) and Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.).