Bill Ayers Will Appear on ABC Tomorrow

Campaign piñata says of his radical past: We didn't do enough

(NEWSER) - William Ayers broke his silence this morning on Good Morning America, and he was anything but repentant. The former ‘60s radical called the attacks on him “a profoundly dishonest narrative” designed to “demonize” him, ABC reports. But he didn’t apologize for controversial deeds by him or the Weather Underground, including the bombing of the Capitol. “The despicable acts were being done by our government,” he said, referring to the Vietnam War. “I never hurt anyone.” More»

Anti-establishment activists using '60s tactics: David Brooks

(NEWSER) - The anti-establishment types in the Tea Party movement remind David Brooks of another group of protesters who wanted to bring power back to the people and stick it to The Man. The Tea Partiers have adopted many of the tactics the New Left used in the 1960s, from street theater to mass rallies to extreme statements designed to shake up the masses, Brooks writes in the New York Times . More»

No need if GOP 'gets back' to conservative base, but she'll see

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin might just consider running for president in 2012 on a third-party ticket if the GOP doesn’t get its conservative bona fides back in order. Of course, “if the Republican party gets back to that base, I think our party is going to be stronger and there's not going to be a need for a third party,” she told conservative talk show host Lars Larson. “But I'll play that by ear in these coming months, coming years." More»

'If people will have me, I will' do something in 2012

(AP) - Sarah Palin says that a 2012 presidential bid is "not on my radar," but wouldn't rule out playing some role in the next presidential election. "My ambition, if you will, my desire is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors will be open in the year 2012," she tells Barbara Walters. "If people will have me," she says, she'll play a major role. More»

Sophia Nelson offers the candidate-to-be some sage advice

(NEWSER) - So Sarah Palin is going to run for president, writes Sophia Nelson for the Huffington Post—her ambition, stated when she announced her resignation today, to "affect positive change from outside government,” is merely “code” for a 2012 bid. So, as a fellow Republican woman, Nelson offers Palin some advice:

• Get advisers with diverse life experiences and who understand that the GOP has to expand its base—not “the same old hacks that have run our political party into the ground.”