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.

Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory  —  President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by the Washington Post that indicate there are fresh hurdles …

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 …

Republicans to Pollsters: Too Many Democrats In Your Surveys  —  Party composition has become a conservative flashpoint, but pollsters say it reflects reality.  —  Mitt Romney at a rally Sept. 21 in Las Vegas.  Some Republicans say polls with too many Democrats underestimate his support.

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 …

Bill Clinton: ‘Red flag’ on Mitt Romney's plan  —  Mitt Romney's refusal to get into the specifics of his tax overhaul should raise a “red flag,” former president Bill Clinton said Tuesday, adding he doesn't think Romney can avoid a middle-class tax hike.  —  “We know what Governor Romney says …

In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be “eliminated”  —  (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be “eliminated,” ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session.

Complaints Mount Against Michelle Obama's New Lunch Menu  —  In Wisconsin, high school athletes are complaining about not getting enough to eat each day, due to the skimpy new school lunch menu mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama.

Portman: Obama will be ‘formidable’  —  From the Department of Debate Expectations-Setting, Sen. Rob Portman told POLITICO's Alexander Trowbridge that President Obama has the upper hand in the presidential debates because Mitt Romney hasn't faced a Democrat in awhile:

‘Every Person Is Afraid of the Drones’: The Strikes' Effect on Life in Pakistan  —  Interviews with the civilians terrorized daily by American foreign policy  —  Tribesmen sit with Sadaullah Khan, a man from Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, who says he lost both legs and one eye in a 2009 drone strike on his house.

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.”

Stressful at the top?  Not really, study finds  —  Harvard researchers find leaders in business, politics and the military report lower anxiety levels than others.  The key to their serenity is control.  —  Those who lead have been shown to have less stress than their counterparts who have not reached the top professionally.

‘Ending Our War on Schedule’  —  President Obama's address at the United Nations was at times eloquently aspirational, and for the most part conventionally unobjectionable.  But there was one sentence that gave away the fundamental lack of seriousness of the Obama worldview …

Ralph Reed's Group Compares Obama Policies to Nazi Germany  —  In a “voter registration” mailer, the outfit founded by the ex-Christian Coalition leader also refers to Obama's “Communist beliefs.”  —  Ralph Reed.  Gage Skidmore/Flickr  —  A mailer blasted out by the Faith and Freedom Coalition …

Prop.  8 Case Update: What's Next  —  The Justices meet nearly every week to determine the cases they will take up.  The next time we could hear something is Monday, October 1 at 9:30 a.m. EDT / 6:30 a.m. PDT, when the Court is expected to release a list of cases it is not hearing this Term.

Madonna gives odd Obama endorsement  —  At a concert in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Madonna declared her support for President Barack Obama but sounded confused about his religion.  —  “Y'all better vote for f—  g Obama, OK?  For better or for worse, we have a black Muslim in the White House …

A Measure of Change: Arab Spring Proves a Harsh Test for Obama's Diplomatic Skill  —  WASHINGTON — President Hosni Mubarak did not even wait for President Obama's words to be translated before he shot back.  —  “You don't understand this part of the world,” the Egyptian leader broke in.

I'm from the economics profession, and I'm here to help.  —  EconoTrolls: An Illustrated Bestiary  —  In your journey through the Econ Blogosphere, you will be beset by a great many curious and interesting species of EconoTroll.  At first you may be intimidated by their voluminous use of insider jargon …