President Obama brought his debt battle to Twitter and he lost - more than 40,000 Twitter followers.

Obama asked Americans Friday to call, email and tweet Congressional leaders to "keep the pressure on" lawmakers in hopes of reaching a bipartisan deal to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit ahead of an Aug. 2 deadline.

Obama's campaign staff used the @BarackObama Twitter account to post the Twitter handles of tweeting GOP leaders - state by state, tweet by tweet.

"Tweet at your Republican legislators and urge them to support a bipartisan compromise to the debt crisis," Obama's campaign staff wrote on his account before launching the day-long Twitter campaign.