PoliTweeps: The Robyne Robinson buzz and beyond

While the Twitterati buzzed about former Fox 9 anchor Robyne Robin’s selection as DFLer Matt Entenza’s running mate, others were tweeting about the BP/Deep Horizon oil spill, the national debt and their own campaigns. And, wait, is that James O’Keefe accomplice Joe Basel quoting Martin Luther King’s most famous speech on the occasion of his guilty plea in New Orleans yesterday?

—Tom Horner, Independence Party candidate for governor

—Joseph Basel, conservative activist who pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in using false pretenses to enter Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in January

—Michael Brodkorb, Deputy Chair, Republican Party of Minnesota

—Peggy Flanagan, director of Wellstone Action’s Native American Leadership Program, former Minneapolis School Board member

—Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St. Paul), District 66A

—Sen. Al Franken, Democrat, U.S. Senate

—Lynne Torgerson, independent candidate for U.S. House, 5th Congressional District

—Rep. Erik Paulsen, Republican, U.S. House of Representatives