Tweet Sweet: Gov. Sarah Palin Is Now on Twitter

The Telegraph's Tony Harnden observes:

Perhaps this is a tipping point for Twitter - conservative icon Governor Sarah Palin is now tweeting. Under the moniker @AKGovSarahPalin (not very snappy but there are, by my reckoning, already 32 Sarah Palin twitter accounts) the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate has plunged into the social networking maelstrom.

Well, plunged is a bit of an exaggeration. More like dipping a toe in really. In the 14 hours or so since she's signed up she (or whichever staffer is tweeting for her) has sent three tweets. But there's certainly an appetite out there for all things Palin - in that time she's already gained 2,012 followers.

Actually 2,250 as of this posting, but who's counting?

h/t: Moms for Sarah Palin

Update 1: At 12:30 PM CST, the number of Palin followers on Twitter has more than tripled since this was posted earlier this morning.

Update 2: Now it has quadrupled - 8,852 followers at 4:21 PM CST.

Update 3: Over 10,000.

- JP