Although the early focus of the week in Washington was the much-anticipated State of the Union address, the week ended with buzz about Stomp, snow-filled streets, power outages, and the Internet blackout in Egypt. Here’s a look at some our picks for the week’s top tweets.
By Gabbi Baker
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
While some prepared for the State of the Union (#SOTU) Tuesday night…
@TheDemocrats The Constitution says the President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union.” #SOTUfacts
@CADelargy Lots of big decisions to be made in DC on #SOTU day. Most important for me- and all women over Cap-what shoes to wear for next like 16hrs
@andybaldwin What time is the State of the Union tonight? How long you think it will be? How many times will Biden stand up?
@pwgavin Why, but, of course I have your SOTU drinking game all prepared and ready: http://politi.co/efIupI
…others had different plans…
@kstreetkate sorry no State of the Union for me… I’ll be watching STOMP! (W/ @TylerRBoyd)
@cheeky_geeky Turned off Paul Ryan #SOTU rebuttal on @BloombergTV to watch last night’s @ChelSeaLately with Whitney Port.#hottie
Snow covered the city on Wednesday afternoon, but it didn’t mean sledding and snow ball fights for everyone…
@cityshopgirl Only in DC wld parties, snowballs fights b planned wo a drop of snow on the ground with hopes fed gov will b closed http://bit.ly/e4LLAz
@kellyanncollins Washington #DC has a #SNOWSITCH @itsthesituation
@GlamazonDiaries Because of this snow, I’ve succumbed to sad romantic songs from James Blunt, Eva Cassidy, Gloria Estefan, Mary J. Blige among others.
@RichAmons Playing a game”’when will the power come back on” in Mclean? Before or after @ebongeka plows our driveway?
@Ebongeka Worse nite for power outage: Jersey Shore, RHOBH reunion, Ricky Gervais on the Office, Parks & Rec. #3rdWorldLiving #nopowersucks#ebong
And although the Internet was shut down as a result of protests in Egypt that erupted this week, the politicos in D.C. have been full of commentary…
@JaredCohen One Egyptian says, “facebook used to set the date, twitter used to share logistics, youtube to show the world, all to connect people” #jan25
@JPFreire Doesn’t the Egyptian government realize that the only thing that was quelling civil unrest in the first place was cute photos of kittens?!
@KatherineKenned Thank you mother nature for canceling my Rollerblading Marathon in Egypt I would be doing right now… prayers for those in #egypt
