During State of the Union, 'spilled milk' is something to tweet about

BY ERICA SMITH • esmith@post-dispatch.com | Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:44 am

Graphic: Tweets during the State of the Union

During Tuesday night's State of the Union address, Twitter tracked tweets that included the #SOTU hashtag or referenced the speech. They found 766,681 tweets; President Barack Obama's "spilled milk" joke brought in the most tweets-per-minute: 14,131.

This chart shows Twitter activity from Obama's entrance through the Republican Party's response by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.

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Posted in Political-fix, Multimedia on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:44 am Updated: 7:17 pm. | Tags: State Of The Union, Barack Obama, Mitch Daniels, Erica Smith