Ed Morrissey had a great post on Hot Air about a recent Twitter fight between Senator John McCain and Representative Earl Blumenauer. According to Danny Glover on the AirCongress blog:

The Arizona Republican posted his first anti-pork list under the Twitter name @SenJohnMcCain late last week, calling attention to projects like $650,000 for beaver management and $1.7 million for pig odor research. He brought the Top 10 list “back by popular demand” the first two days of this week. The project in the No. 1 slot today: “$951,500 for the Oregon Solar Highway.”

That dishonor didn’t sit well with Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, whose home state stands to benefit from the earmark. Tweeting as @repblumenauer, he mocked McCain.

“McCain wasn’t familiar with a Blackberry [during the 2008 presidential campaign], right?” tweeted Blumenauer, who quickly issued a press release celebrating earmarks for Oregon when the House passed its version of the spending bill last week. “How’s he supposed to understand a solar highway utilizing right-of-way to generate solar power?”

Personally I like the fact that this is happening. It shows how petty and self centered representatives like Blumenauer are. He’s more than willing to sell out the country and future generations to ensure his state gets a some cash. I also welcome Senator McCain to the party.