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"Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's Wednesday night Republican National Convention speech was a powerful conversation driver on Twitter. It pushed overall tweets about the RNC to more than two million as he took the stage \u2014 six times the number of tweets sent during both 2008 conventions combined.\nRyan also topped the RNC tweets-per-minute record set the previous night by Ann Romney, with 6,669 tweets-per-minute as he left the stage to Ann's 6,195 at the end of her Tuesday speech.\nAccording to Twitter, the shorter, punchier and more \"snackable\" quotes from Ryan's speech drove the conversation. The most tweeted-about moments during Ryan's speech generally matched the highest-energy moments at the Republican National Convention itself. \nThis line, referencing the differences between Ryan's Catholic religion and the Mormon faith of Mitt Romney, netted 6,470 tweets-per-minute:\n\nRyan: Mitt and I also go to different kinds of churches but best kind of preaching is done by example #decision2012 #NBCPolitics\n\u2014 Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) August 30, 2012\n\nThis line about government spending got a hair under 6,000 tweets:\n\n\"We need to stop spending money we don't have.\" - @paulryanvp #gop2012\n\u2014 Mashable US &amp; World (@mashusworld) August 30, 2012\n\nDuring Ryan's speech, the Romney campaign's social media team livetweeted the most effective lines from his official account, while using other campaign accounts in a support role:\n\nAfter four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is @mittromney. #WeCanChangeIt\n\u2014 Paul Ryan (@PaulRyanVP) August 30, 2012\n\n\nPHOTO: #WeCanChangeIt #gop2012 #tcot twitter.com/MittRomney/sta\u2026\n\u2014 Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) August 30, 2012\n\nMeanwhile, Democrats used Twitter for live counter-messaging:\n\nFACT: Ryan opposed the deficit reduction deal because it would help President Obama's re-election chances. OFA.BO/d7brJS\n\u2014 TruthTeam2012 (@truthteam2012) August 30, 2012\n\n\nMyth of Paul Ryan is that he's a man of ideas. Only one he had tonight was taking health care away from millions of Americans. #emptysuit\n\u2014 Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) August 30, 2012\n\nPaul Ryan also topped RNC-related Google searches for the evening, beating Ann Romney's Tuesday night record by 25%.\n\nCondoleezza Rice's speech was also very warmly received by the crowd and generated plenty of buzz on Twitter, sparking 3,961 tweets-per-minute. Her breakout line was construed by some observers as a hint that she's interested in running for president come 2016:\n\n\"She could be President of the United States if she wanted to be....\" is the line that lit up #gop2012\n\u2014 Mashable US &amp; World (@mashusworld) August 30, 2012\n\n\nAnd the whole arena is on its feet for @condoleezzarice #gop2012\n\u2014 Mashable US &amp; World (@mashusworld) August 30, 2012\n\nHave you been following the Republican National Convention using Twitter?\nRead more of Mashable's coverage of the Republican National Convention:\n\nRepublican National Convention: What to Expect\nFor Romney\u2019s Digital Director, Quality Over Quantity on Social Media\nGoogle\u2019s Swanky Digs at the Republican Convention [PICS]\nFacebook at the RNC: Politicians Finally Get Us\n1 Terabyte of Data Will Be Sent Daily During Conventions\n\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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