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WASHINGTON — The hubbub in the United States over Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood libel” obscures a larger point: the former Alaska governor is weighing a run for the presidency in unprecedented and even daring ways, commanding nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, and choosing provocative words where others would be more diplomatic.
Some political pros say her tactics, which distance her from mainstream reporters and neutral audiences, are savvy and effective. Others say she will have to change if she hopes to win the crucial Iowa caucus or New Hampshire primary, let alone the 2012 general election. Many agree she is testing the campaign possibilities of fast-changing social media.
Iowa and New Hampshire traditionally mark the first major tests of the presidential campaign season.

Palin was bound to be drawn into the national debate that followed Saturday’s shooting rampage in Arizona, which killed six people and gravely wounded Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last March, Giffords noted in a TV interview that Palin’s political committee had targeted her district (among others) with crosshairs, and “there are consequences to that action.”
There is no evidence that the accused gunman, Jared Loughner, knew of Palin’s actions. But Giffords’ remarks seemed eerily prophetic, and her husband and friends complained bitterly of the criticisms Republicans had heaped on her in the fall campaign.
Palin issued a brief statement of condolences Saturday, when some news reports said Giffords was dead. She rebuffed countless media requests for further comment.
On Monday, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck read an e-mail from Palin saying, “Our children will not have peace if politicos just capitalize on this to succeed in portraying anyone as inciting terror and violence.”

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