Palin Fires Back On Facebook, Admonishes Journalists [Video]

(ABC) Now is not the time for people to “apportion blame” for the weekend rampage that left six people dead and an Arizona congresswoman clinging to life, Sarah Palin said in a video statement posted on her Facebook page today. “But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,” Palin said. “That is reprehensible.” Defiant in the face of those who charge that her heated rhetoric encourages such violence, Palin noted that criminals are responsible for their own actions, “not those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used…

Obama: ‘I Don’t Think About Sarah Palin’

President Obama to Barbara Walters: ‘I Don’t Think About Sarah Palin’ (ABC) In an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters from the White House, President Barack Obama says he’s not giving much thought to the 2012 election, but is focusing instead on being “the best possible president.” And, he said, he certainly isn’t focused on a potential challenge from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. When asked specifically if he thinks he can beat Sarah Palin in 2012, the president told Walters “I don’t think about Sarah Palin.” Watch more of Barbara Walters’ interview with the Obamas on “A Barbara Walters Special: A Thanksgiving Visit with President and Mrs. Obama” airing Friday, Nov. 26 at 10 pm…

CONFIDENT: Sarah Palin Says She Could Beat Obama

In Interview With Barbara Walters, Palin Says She Is Seriously Considering Entering Race in 2012 (ABC) Sarah Palin says she is seriously considering a run for the White House, and she believes she could beat President Obama in 2012, the former Alaska governor told ABC News’ Barbara Walters. “I’m looking at the lay of the land now, and … trying to figure that out, if it’s a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it’s a good thing,” Palin said in an interview scheduled to air in full Dec. 9 on ABC as part of Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People” of 2010. Asked Walters: “If you ran for president, could…

Sarah Palin Saves Anti-Obama Tweet As “Favorite” On Twitter Account

(USA) After being slammed for appearing to list a controversial tweet from Ann Coulter’s as a “favorite” on her Twitter account, Sarah Palin defended herself Friday by saying she didn’t even know how to tag Twitter posts. On her account, Palin had appeared to list a Coulter tweet with a photograph of a sign outside of a church that said “The blood of Jesus against Obama history made 4 Nov 2008 a Taliban Muslim illegally elected president USA: Hussein.” Palin, however, said it was simply a case of technology mismanagement. “I’ve never purposefully ‘favorited’ any Tweet,” Palin wrote in an email to an ABC reporter on Friday. “I had to go back to my BlackBerry…

Tea Party’s Primary Victories Leave GOP With Hangover

(ABC) What would this wild and raucous primary season have been without some souvenirs? Republicans are finally able to move past a chaotic series of primaries, and into a fall campaign season in which they are rightly optimistic about their chances for taking over control of Congress. But memories of the primary-season battles will linger through November and beyond. Intra-party battles seem certain at this point to have an impact on the inter-party fight of the general election. For all the tea party energy that’s thrust itself onto the political scene this year, it’s still not clear what it will all mean in the end — or even that it will necessarily benefit the political party…

ANALYSIS: ‘Tea Party’ Spoils the Party for GOP Establishment Candidates

Analysis: Tea Party Spoils The Party, ‘Outsider’ Candidates Defeat GOP Favorites (ABC) The last major primary contests of 2010 went out with a bang. In Delaware and New York“outsider” candidates defeated those supported by the Republican establishment. In New Hampshire, Republican Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who has the unique distinction of being supported by both Sarah Palin and national Republicans, is in a neck-and-neck fight with Tea Party favorite Ovide Lamontagne. What does all of this mean for November? 1) In Delaware, while Tea Party activists are celebrating Christine O’Donnell‘s victory, it’s Democrats who are the most thankful. By beating the popular — and more electable GOP Rep. Mike Castle — O’Donnell is now a decided underdog against New…

#TwitterBeef: Sarah Palin vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger

(ETonline) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made fun of one of Sarah Palin‘s more memorable sound bytes from her 2008 vice-presidential campaign — provoking the former Alaska governor to take a swipe back! “Over Anchorage, AK. Looking everywhere but can’t see Russia from here. Will keep you updated as search continues,” Schwarzenegger joked while flying over Alaska on Thursday. Palin delivered her own Twit-jab in return on Friday, prodding the “Governator” about California’s reported $19-billion deficit. “Arnold should have landed; I could have explained our multi-billion dollar state surplus & US energy security efforts. What’s he been up to?” she wondered. Palin resigned as governor of Alaska last year. Daughter Bristol, meanwhile, is set to compete on “Dancing with…

Bristol Palin Breaks Up with Levi Johnston: ‘I Got Played’

(ETonline) Sarah Palin‘s daughter Bristol has once again broken up with her fiancé and father of her child, Levi Johnston — the news comes less than three weeks after she announced their engagement. Bristol tells People.com, “It’s over. I broke up with him.” The 19-year-old and her ex Levi share a 19-month-old son, Tripp. As for the reason for their second split, Bristol tells People that on the very day that she went public with the news of their engagement (July 14), Levi told her he may have gotten another woman pregnant. According to People, Bristol fought tears when discussing the breakup, expressing that she felt heartbroken and adding, “There’s been no remorse.” “The final straw was him flying to Hollywood…

Bristol Palin: It Just Feels Right to be a Family

(ETonline) Bristol Palin has rekindled her romance with her son’s fatherLevi Johnston and revealed to Us magazine how Levi proposed to her for the second time. “I came home from work one day and there were tons of flowers in my room,” she tells the publication. She says Levi had placed rose pedals on her bed in the shape of a heart and that he got down on one knee and proposed marriage. “There was not hesitation at all,” she said of getting engaged. Levi told Us he’s ready to be a family man. “I wasn’t there for [my son] Tripp and Bristol, and now I am and it feels great. I love them both very much.”…

Take 2: Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Announce Engagement…Again

(ETonline) Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are engaged…again. The couple told Us Weekly about their romantic reunion after a turbulent break-up. The parents of 18-month-old son Tripp rekindled their romance and plan to raise him as a cohesive family unit. Bristol admitted to the magazine that she accepted the proposal without the consent of her mother, politician Sarah Palin. “We got engaged two weeks ago. If felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents.” The news comes just days after Levi apologized to his mother-in-law to be. He told People magazine in part, “I hope one day to restore your trust.” Bristol and Levi called off their previous engagement shortly after the birth of their son and…