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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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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.
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Warren Ad: Scott Brown ‘Attacking My Family’ On Native American Claims
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Dems: GOP staffers mocked Warren with chants, ‘chops’
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Miner: Elizabeth Warren's biz ‘hypocritical’
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Scott Brown staffers do “Indian war whoop”, “tomahawk chop” - YouTube
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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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Obama to NFL: “Get the permanent refs back”
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WH on Bad Call at Football Game: ‘Pressing Matter,’ ‘Astounding’ and ‘Very Distressing’
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Bill Clinton: NFL refs blew the call!
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Scott Walker discovers the value of union workers
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Breaking: NJ state Senate President says just say “no” to replacement officials
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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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President Obama's 2012 address to U.N. General Assembly (Full text) — Video: President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York Tuesday, urging leaders to condemn the violence over an anti-Muslim film in the Middle East that led to the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya.
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Obama confronts Iran, Syria; UNGA debate opens
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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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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 …
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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.
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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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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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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
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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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‘Savage’ NY subway ads get a make-over- revealing their true character
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Jim DeMint PAC considers donating to Todd Akin — ST. LOUIS — Sen. Jim DeMint's political action committee is torn over whether it should put its big bucks behind a risky bet: Todd Akin's Senate candidacy against Sen. Claire McCaskill. — With Akin declaring on Tuesday that he's staying in the race …
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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 …


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 …
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Obama meets (briefly) with Yemeni president, UN chief
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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 …
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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.


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.

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.
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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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