Transition causes Twitter upheaval: What becomes of @SpeakerPelosi?: "Lame-duck dynamics are playing out on more than just the House floor — for a view of the upheaval that is the post-midterm transition season, look at political Twitter. Defeated incumbents' accounts have mostly fallen silent, while some incoming freshmen are [http://twitter.com/ScottRTipton] opening a window on new member orientation [http://twitter.com/KarenBassTweets]. And some leaders are communicating under titles that, come January, will have to be scrapped along with the 111th Congress’s directories. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “@SpeakerPelosi” [http://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi] Twitter handle, for example, will soon be an anachronism. And her replacement, Speaker-designate John Boehner, will be able to trade up (he currently tweets at @JohnBoehner and @GOPLeader). [http://twitter.com/johnboehner and http://twitter.com/GOPleader]"
