A few stories have caught my eye over the past day or two.

First, here’s a story from Mashable’s Christina Warren about how public relations professionals are using social media. It provides some good insights and useful tips for PR pros seeking to enhance existing campaigns.

Mark Silva reports in the Chicago Tribune that many people are longing for the days when President Bush was in office. His story – “Miss him yet? Apparently, many do”

A New York Times piece over the weekend caught my eye. It takes a look at how social media is impacting television programming. Check out David Carr’s piece – “Talking Back to Your TV, Incessantly”

This blog post is making me think I need to have my Twitter widget for WordPress create an automatic weekly post of my tweets…

Finally, I thought I’d install this widget from the POLITICO Arena to see how it worked.