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 former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by The Washington Post.

Ryan criticizes refs for call in disputed Green Bay Packers game  —  GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Tuesday criticized the replacement referees who made a disputed call that caused the Green Bay Packers to lose the Monday Night Football game.  —  “You guys watch that Packer game last night?”

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 …

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 …

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.

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.”

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.

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 …

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.

Police: Teen admits vandalizing NYC pol's office  —  NEW YORK — Police say a teenager has admitted vandalizing the campaign office of New York Congressman Michael Grimm.  —  NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says the eighth grader told a school counselor that he and a friend had broken a window …

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 …

News and Opinion Blogs  —  Obama on the NFL replacement refs  —  By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel  —  It turns out President Barack Obama was a tad concerned about the NFL's replacement refs, even before the Green Bay Packers' stunning loss to Seattle.

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