Senator Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took to Twitter to debate budget cuts in 140 characters or less.

“Tks w/ @SpeakerBoehner were going well- serious budget cuts discussed until Tea Party forced him 2 move goalposts TP is only obstacle 2 deal,” @ChuckSchumer tweeted, arguing that Republican leaders are being led too far by the right wing of their party.

 

Five minutes later? A neatly packaged 140-characters-or-less response from Cantor’s war room.

 

“If @SenatorReid @ChuckSchumer force gov to partially shut down b/c they oppose sensible spending cuts, Americans will hold them accountable,” Eric Cantor’s @GOPLeader handle tweeted Monday afternoon.

 

The Twitter wars between Cantor’s and Schumer’s offices may seem superficial against the backdrop of the dead serious budget showdown, especially outside the Beltway. But the approach of these press operations is an extension of the two politicians themselves — ambitious, brash and obsessed with winning the message war on the most important issue before Congress.

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