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WCVB.com:
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  —  Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” and made “tomahawk chops” during a rally for the Republican senator this week in Boston.
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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: Blue Mass Group
Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Dems: GOP staffers mocked Warren with chants, ‘chops’
Charley-On-The-Mta / Blue Mass Group:
Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Racial Politics: Scott Brown Staffers Mock Warren With ‘Tomahawk Chop’ And ‘War Whoop’
Discussion: Mediaite and Election 2012
Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Boston Herald:
Miner: Elizabeth Warren's biz ‘hypocritical’
Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:   Mass. Senate Race: Elizabeth Warren Represented Coal Mining Co.
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Demands Return Of Unionized NFL Referees: ‘It Is Time To Get The Real Refs’  —  The Green Bay Packers lost on a controversial last-second play that was ruled incorrectly by scab officials Monday night, leading Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan (also from Wisconsin) …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH on Bad Call at Football Game: ‘Pressing Matter,’ ‘Astounding’ and ‘Very Distressing’  —  The White House weighed in on the blown call that cost the Green Bay Packers the football game last night against the Seattle Super Hawks.  Via the pool report, from aboard Air Force One: … ESPN reports:
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Ryan criticizes refs for call in disputed Green Bay Packers game
Discussion: CNN, Politico and NFL.com
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:   Union-buster Walker calls for return of union refs
Steve Benen / Associated Press:
Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers
New York Times:
Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text  —  Following is a text of President Obama's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, as released by the White House:  —  Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman …
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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.
This Just In:
President Obama's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly  —  The following are U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday:  —  Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens.
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
U.S. President Speaks to U.N. About YouTube Video Posted in June by Southern Californian
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Ariosto / CNN:
Obama confronts Iran, Syria; UNGA debate opens
Discussion: Newsy and This Just In
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.
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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 …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney's problem: Ohio, Ohio, Ohio  —  Of all the hurdles in Mitt Romney's path, there is none as daunting - or as alarming to other members of his party - as the state of Ohio.  —  This morning's Washington Post poll found Obama leading Romney by 8 points in the Buckeye State.
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
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)
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 …
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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 …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP takes aim at ‘skewed’ polls  —  The Romney campaign and other Republicans say polls showing President Obama with a significant lead over their candidate are inaccurate.  —  They argue many mainstream polls skew in Obama's favor because of sample sizes that base 2012 turnout projections on 2008 …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Daily Kos
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Associated Press:
Romney Says Clinton Can ‘Do a Man a Lot of Good’  —  Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney is unlikely to win Bill Clinton's vote, but that doesn't mean he can't soak up a bit of the popular former president's luster.  —  The two men stood side by side Tuesday as Clinton introduced Romney …
Discussion: Politico and Algemeiner.com
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bill Clinton: ‘Red flag’ on Mitt Romney's plan
Discussion: Associated Press, Daily Kos and CNN
David Weigel / Slate:
Defining Wonkishness Down  —  I'm noticing a pattern in coverage of Paul Ryan.  Yesterday's NYT and WaPo gripe-collecters on how conservatives wanted to “unleash” the candidate were a taster.  The next wave of Ryan story is the “the wonk is loosed” piece.  When you see just how the “wonkishness” is being defined, it's fairly amusing.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
NEWS FLASH  —  RYAN: PREVENTING GAY PEOPLE FROM MARRYING IS A ‘UNIVERSAL HUMAN’ VALUE |  Paul Ryan reiterated his opposition to marriage equality, during a town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday.  “The things you talk about like traditional marriage and family and entrepreneurship.
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 …
Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Harry Reid: Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism  —  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he agrees with a fellow Mormon who wrote recently that Mitt Romney has “sullied” the LDS faith and that the GOP presidential candidate is “not the face of Mormonism.”
 
 
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