memeorandum: We Are the 96 Percent — WHEN Mitt Romney told the guests … (Campaign Stops)

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” …

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

Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Did Scott Brown staffers make anti-Indian gestures at a rally?

Discussion: Whiskey Fire, Mediaite, Ballot Box and The Daily Caller

Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo: Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims

Boston Herald:
Miner: Elizabeth Warren's biz ‘hypocritical’

Discussion: National Review, Jammie Wearing Fools and Boston Globe

Charley-On-The-Mta / Blue Mass Group:
Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube

Discussion: New York Times, Boston Globe, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Politico, BBC, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Gawker, Election 2012, WBUR and Business Insider

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, BuzzFeed, The Lonely Conservative, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, Business Insider and Influence Alley

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.

Discussion: Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog and Reuters

New York Times:
Obama's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly — Text

Discussion: Opinionator, Washington Times, CBS New York, Democracy in America, Weekly Standard, The Lede, Wired, The Week, Victory Girls Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, The Daily Dish, JOSHUAPUNDIT, The Agonist and National Review

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

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 …

Discussion: The Fix, The Gateway Pundit, The Stranger …, AEIdeas, Politico, Election 2012, Washington Post and CANNONFIRE

Bill Clinton / CNN:
What we learned from our interview with Mitt Romney

Discussion: Hot Air

Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney's problem: Ohio, Ohio, Ohio

Discussion: CNN, First Read, Washington Post, The New Republic, American Prospect, Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Wire and BuzzFeed

Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Demands Return Of Unionized NFL Referees: ‘It Is Time To Get The Real Refs’

Discussion: The Stranger …, American Power, Blue Virginia, Mediaite, The Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Mediagazer »

Steve Benen / Associated Press:
Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers

Discussion: Washington Wire, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Booman Tribune

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Bill Clinton: NFL refs blew the call!

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Philly.com, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic Online, JSOnline and NBC 10 Philadelphia

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
WH on Bad Call at Football Game: ‘Pressing Matter,’ ‘Astounding’ and ‘Very Distressing’

Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools, Sense of Events, Hot Air, NFL.com and ESPN

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 …

Discussion: Jihad Watch, Atlas Shrugs and Jammie Wearing Fools

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 …

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, New York Magazine, Joe. My. God., bustardblog and Gothamist

Philip Weiss / Mondoweiss:
‘Savage’ NY subway ads get a make-over- revealing their true character

Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite, The New Republic, Jihad Watch, Feministing and Colorlines

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.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and The Lonely Conservative

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

Discussion: Angry Black Lady Chronicles and The Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: RedState, driftglass, Washington Examiner, The Agonist, Booman Tribune, Right Wing Nut House, Marbury, Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Brooks Misses the Boat

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

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 …

Discussion: Middle Earth Journal, NationalJournal.com, Examiner, Business Insider, Rumproast and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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.

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The Atlantic Online, Mashable!, NBC 10 Philadelphia, The Daily Caller, FP Passport, Grub Street New York, The Lonely Conservative, Gawker and Gothamist

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

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, Ballot Box and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Manu Raju / Politico:
Jim DeMint PAC considers donating to Todd Akin

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Raw Story, Election 2012 and Bloomberg

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, The Atlantic Online, The Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Mother Jones, The Stranger …, Balloon Juice, emptywheel, Crooks and Liars, naked capitalism, Towleroad News #gay, The Huffington Post and Los Angeles Times

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.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Wonkblog, New York Times and Calculated Risk

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