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9:35 PM ET, September 25, 2012

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Sen. Scott Brown staffers caught on video chanting Indian war whoops, making tomahawk chops  —  Rally video surfaces after campaigns release ads about Warren's heritage  —  Brown staffers caught chanting Indian war whoops  —  Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Really, Scott Brown?  —  I've been wondering about this for a few days.  Scott Brown has made the ‘controversy’ over Elizabeth Warren's purported Native American heritage a centerpiece of the final lap of the campaign.  Indeed, his staffers went so far today as to taunt Warren with “tomahawk chops” mocking her claims.
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Blue Mass Group
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:   Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
Boston Herald:
Miner: Elizabeth Warren's biz ‘hypocritical’
Charley-On-The-Mta / Blue Mass Group:
Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube
Congressman Allen West / Facebook:
The President continues to offer up apologies....When tolerance becomes a one way street it leads to cultural suicide...  In his speech today to the United Nations, President Obama stated six times that the attacks across the Islamic world are attributed to a silly video.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Allen West to U.N.: U.S. ‘Angel of Death’  —  Florida Rep. Allen West ripped President Barack Obama's United Nations speech Tuesday, saying he would have told the U.N. that America would be an “Angel of Death” that wreaks “havoc and destruction” on anyone who attacks the U.S.
New York Times:
Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. President Speaks to U.N. About YouTube Video Posted in June by Southern Californian
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Says Obama Did Not Raise Taxes ‘In His First Four Years’  —  Mitt Romney has argued for months that President Obama raised taxes on middle class Americans and small businesses during his first term.  But during a rally in Ohio on Tuesday, the GOP presidential candidate inadvertently undermined …
Discussion: Election 2012 and Mediaite
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Washington Post:
Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory  —  President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Post.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Challenges The Polls  —  Adviser says internal polling says the race is much tighter than the public polls suggests.  “We are, by any stretch, within the margin of error in Ohio,” says Beeson.  —  Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters  —  DAYTON, Ohio — Amid a flurry …
Bill Clinton / CNN:
What we learned from our interview with Mitt Romney
Discussion: Hot Air
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Union-buster Walker calls for return of union refs  —  Below:  —  WBOY-TV  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - If there's one thing that can unite political foes in Wisconsin, it just may be the Green Bay Packers.  —  Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who made a national name for himself …
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Steve Benen / Associated Press:
Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers
New York Post:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Woman defaces ‘anti-jihad’ ad in Times Square station  —  Cops busted a lone protester — angry with subway ads equating enemies of Israel as “savages” — as she spray-painted over one of the controversial signs today.  —  A Post camera crew captured the bizarre conflict …
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New York Post:
Anti-Muslim posters spark subway fears  —  The NYPD ramped up security at 10 subway stations yesterday after the MTA was forced to install a controversial ad campaign branding enemies of Israel “savages,” sources told The Post.  —  The 46- by 30-inch ads — which the MTA unsuccessfully tried to block …
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Madonna strips for Obama, offers profanity-laced endorsement  —  Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body.
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Kia Makarechi / The Huffington Post:
Madonna: Obama Is ‘A Black Muslim In The White House,’ Deserves Votes (VIDEO) … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Madonna, Video, Madonna MDNA Tour, Political Hollywood, Madonna Barack Obama, Madonna Obama, Madonna Obama Black Muslim, Madonna Obama Endorsement, Madonna Obama Muslim, Madonna Obama Tattoo, Mdna, Mdna Tour, Entertainment News
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Conservative Mind  —  When I joined the staff of National Review as a lowly associate in 1984, the magazine, and the conservative movement itself, was a fusion of two different mentalities.  —  On the one side, there were the economic conservatives.  These were people that anybody …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Brooks Misses the Boat
Alex Pareene / Salon:
The website where Mitt Romney's winning in a landslide  —  At UnSkewed Polls, “liberal media bias” is removed from every survey that shows Obama ahead.  Guess who wins?  —  I present UnSkewedPolls.com, the best new website on the political Internet.  UnSkewed Polls finally removes the …
Jim Romenesko:
Yes, I *would* vote for Obama or Romney  —  What happened here?  I asked Round Rock (TX) Leader editor Brad Stutzman.  “Usually we just have a yes or not question and we forgot to plug in the names,” he explained over the phone.  “Romney got the larger number here [in the online poll].”
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Hit & Run
Tiffany Hsu / Los Angeles Times:
Bacon, pork shortage ‘now unavoidable,’ industry group says  —  LA Times Columnist David Lazarus discusses details of the U.S. bacon shortage  —  Might want to get your fill of ham this year, because “a world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable,” according to an industry trade group.
Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Obama and Romney's Clinton love-fest  —  NEW YORK — President Barack Obama praised Bill Clinton as a national “treasure” and Mitt Romney joked about his own “bounce” from the former president as the 2012 contestants today made dueling appearances at the Clinton Global Initiative.
Discussion: Power Line and Marbury
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Associated Press:
Romney Says Clinton Can ‘Do a Man a Lot of Good’
Discussion: Politico and Algemeiner.com
Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Big PAC May Return to Akin Fold  —  A powerful conservative PAC said today that “circumstances have changed” and it is reconsidering its decision to withhold funds for Todd Akin's bid for a Missouri Senate seat, and Akin's campaign said today they expect other groups will also resume spending.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Jim DeMint PAC considers donating to Todd Akin
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Mitt Romney Was Joking About Airplane Windows  —  The internet was tickled silly yesterday when it learned that Mitt Romney lacks an even basic understanding of the airplanes he has flown on probably thousands of times at this point in his 65-year life.  It seemed almost unthinkable that a guy …
Jonathan Liu / The Conference Board:
Consumer Confidence Survey® … The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Increases in September.  Index Improves Nine Points.  —  The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined in August, improved in September.  The Index now stands at 70.3 (1985=100), up from 61.3 in August.
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama ad: Romney ‘47 percent’ remark attacked ‘hard-working people’  —  President Obama's campaign on Tuesday released a new television ad hitting Mitt Romney, claiming his recent “47 percent” comments “attacked millions of hard working people.”  —  A similar ad is airing in Ohio …
Discussion: Politico
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