A thought: Twitter is still very much a niche product, and one I’d agree is of little use to our readers right now. But I can tell you when I was live-blogging these events, I gained several new readers each time. By also posting links to the jconline coverage in my tweets, I’m sure some of them clicked through for more in-depth updates and detailed reading. So it’s a way to catch some could-be readers who otherwise wouldn’t ever be.

The thing about Twitter and every other social networking site is, it won’t be an end-all, be-all. But the more places you’re getting word about your content out to, the more chances people will come across it somewhere. If that makes sense.

That said, I’ll be glad when the election is over — or at least the attention focuses elsewhere for awhile.