Barbara Walters: If Palin ‘Can Ride Around on Her Bus,’ Weiner Can Stay in Congress

As revelations about a possible scandal plaguing Rep. Anthony Weiner continue surface, the Democratic New York congressman continues to have defenders:

On Monday's broadcast of "The View," co-host Barbara Walters went to bat for Weiner and proposed that the picture in question was intended for his wife and not for whom it was sent...

"[A]nthony Weiner, whom I also know, has a problem," Walters said. "He can be very sarcastic and very sardonic. And you know there are a lot of times you wish he would not say it. He is a good congressman. He has been an effective congressman. If Sarah Palin can still ride around on her bus and be considered as a possible president, this man can override this, stay in congress and just hope there is another scandal that will take him -"