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Voters Form Long Lines Around the Country

Candidates cast their ballots, too

(Newser) - Americans flocked to the polls this morning, forming long lines in many places around the country. USA Today counted 75 people in line at one DC polling place. Here are some of the stories filtering in nationally:
  • Some problems have already cropped up in Virginia, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. One
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Clutch Senate Races to Watch Tomorrow

From Maine to Montana, here are the ones that could come down to the wire

(Newser) - The presidential race isn't the only one that will be decided tomorrow. Nearly as important is the fierce battle for control of the Senate. When the campaign season began, a GOP takeover there seemed assured, but now Democrats appear favored to remain in control, Real Clear Politics reports. Here...

Brown Backs Out of 4th Debate
 Brown Backs Out of 4th Debate 
Oct 31, 2012 8:40 AM CDT

Brown Backs Out of 4th Debate

Says he can't fit it in his calendar after storm cancels it

(Newser) - Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown has pulled out of his fourth and final debate with Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, saying that his "calendar simply cannot accommodate a rescheduling of this fourth debate," reports the Boston Globe . The debate had to be moved to tomorrow due to Hurricane Sandy, and...

Scott Brown Pays Homeless to Be His 'Supporters'

Warren backer shouts racial slur at them

(Newser) - The Scott Brown campaign has admitted that it has been paying homeless people to demonstrate in Boston's working-class Roxbury neighborhood with signs declaring themselves "Obama Supporters for Brown." Benjamin Thomas, the former city elections commissioner running the operation, tells the Boston Herald that these "supporters" are...

Brown, Warren Both Falter in 2nd Debate

Brown gets snarky; Warren fumbles on bipartisanship

(Newser) - Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren faced off last night in the second debate of the pivotal Massachusetts senate race—and both candidates suffered some awkward moments, writes Glen Johnson in the Boston Globe . Republican Brown was booed after telling an interrupting Warren, "Excuse me, I'm not a student...

Wall Street&#39;s Fear: Senators Who Know Things
Wall Street's Fear: Senators Who Know Things
OPINION
Sep 28, 2012 1:55 PM CDT

Wall Street's Fear: Senators Who Know Things

Bankers want no part of 'expert' Elizabeth Warren, Dave Sirota writes

(Newser) - Get Wall Street executives drunk enough, and David Sirota of Salon is pretty sure they'll confess that they like their legislators to be incurious and ill-informed. How does he know? Because one former Lehman Brothers trader recently admitted as much in a recent Businessweek piece on the Massachusetts Senate...

Native American Mag Rips 'Ugly' Brown 'War Whoops' Rally

'Mocking' dig against Warren heritage sparks uproar

(Newser) - A native American news magazine has slammed the "ugly side" and "racist imagery" of the Scott Brown Senate campaign after staffers were caught on video yelling out " war whoops " and making "tomahawk chops" with their hands. Their target was the Cherokee heritage of Senate candidate...

Brown Staffers Mock Warren With Tomahawk Chop

They also make 'war whoops' at rally

(Newser) - The Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren race had already turned nasty , and now it has its very own racial scandal, WCVB reports. Brown's staffers were caught on tape apparently mocking Warren's tiny iota of Native American heritage by chanting what WCVB calls "war whoops" and making the "tomahawk...

Massachusetts Senate Race Turns Nasty

Brown hits Warren on heritage in new ad

(Newser) - The Massachusetts Senate battle between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown had been a fairly cordial one—but lately, both candidates are changing the tone. Democrat Warren has been focusing on aligning Brown with fellow Republicans. A recent email to supporters notes that Brown doesn't stand "with the people...

Reid Cancels Senate Votes for Brown-Warren Debate

He accused Republicans of stalling so Brown could miss it

(Newser) - Sen. Scott Brown is scheduled to debate Elizabeth Warren this evening in their tight Massachusetts race, but a little Senate drama nearly got in the way. Earlier in the day, Brown told a reporter that he might have to miss the debate if Senate voting ran late. Democrats say Republicans...

Elizabeth Warren Takes 6-Point Lead: Poll

Democrat gets post-convention surge past Scott Brown

(Newser) - Last time around, we had Elizabeth Warren tied with Scott Brown in their Massachusetts Senate race. Now, after the Democratic convention with a speech by Warren , a new poll has her surging 6 points past Brown among likely voters and 12 points among registered voters, the Springfield Republican reports. Brown...

Warren-Brown Race Finally Goes Negative

Truce held for a while, but Warren felt pressure to hit harder: Politico

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown pledged to run a civil race in Massachusetts, and they've kept it remarkably free of negative attacks. Until now. Politico says Warren felt heavy pressure from Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer, to start hitting harder, leading to this week's ad calling out the...

Todd Akin: I&#39;m Not Going Anywhere
Todd Akin:
I'm Not Going Anywhere
Aug 20, 2012 1:49 PM CDT

Todd Akin: I'm Not Going Anywhere

But apologizes for 'legitimate rape' as top GOPers tell him to quit

(Newser) - The calls are raining down for Todd Akin to bow out of his Senate race after opining that "legitimate rape" victims were not at risk of getting pregnant, but the Missouri Republican says he's staying put. "I'm not a quitter," he said on Mike Huckabee'...

Romney: Akin's Rape Comment 'Inexcusable'

As DNC rushes to bash GOP with the controversy

(Newser) - Democrats rushed today to milk maximum value out of Todd Akin's assertion that some mysterious biological process protected victims of "legitimate rape" from getting pregnant. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued a statement trying to tie Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to Akin. "They've been trying...

No, Elizabeth Warren Isn&#39;t Floundering
 No, Elizabeth Warren 
 Isn't Floundering 
OPINION
Aug 10, 2012 1:04 PM CDT

No, Elizabeth Warren Isn't Floundering

Don't believe the negative press: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Fans of Elizabeth Warren might be worried after reading a New Republic piece that asserts she's floundering in her challenge against Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But it's way too soon to panic, counters Steve Kornacki at Salon . Ignore the "anecdotal" grumblings about her Senate campaign for a...

Bloomberg Endorses Scott Brown

NYC mayor hosting fundraiser for Mass. senator

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg holds a number of left-leaning views, but technically the New York City mayor is a political independent—and he’s definitely leaning to the right when it comes to the Massachusetts Senate race. Politico reports that Bloomberg is hosting an Aug. 15 fundraiser for incumbent Scott Brown, who...

Mass. Dems Back Warren in Crushing Vote

Marisa DeFranco can't even muster 5% against nominee

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren won her state party's endorsement today without a runoff and gave a fiery speech to about 3,500 Democratic delegates in Springfield, Mass. “If that’s all you’ve got, Scott Brown, I’m ready,” said the Senate candidate, referring to accusations that she has...

Elizabeth Warren Still Tied in Polls With Scott Brown

Flap over Native American ancestry doesn't seem to have hurt much

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren may be taking flak for her handling of questions over her claims to Native American ancestry , but the issue doesn't seem to have hurt her much in the polls. She and Scott Brown are effectively tied in the latest Boston Globe survey, just as they were in...

Warren's Cherokee Mess Highlights 'Unfair' Racial Quotas

Michael Barone: Time to end the system

(Newser) - Some have called the controversy over Elizabeth Warren's claim to Native American ancestry a "non-issue," but it underlines a serious problem, writes Michael Barone at RealClearPolitics . The flap "illustrates the rottenness of our system of racial quotas and preferences": If Warren did use her very distant...

Warren on Defensive Over Claims to Indian Roots
Warren on Defensive Over Claims to Indian Roots
analysis
May 3, 2012 3:41 PM CDT

Warren on Defensive Over Claims to Indian Roots

She's playing into Scott Brown's hands: Washington Post blog

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren is still playing defense over a flap about her claims to Native American ancestry. The problem for her is that "she isn't playing defense very well," writes Rachel Weiner at the Washington Post . Ever since reports surfaced last week that Warren identified herself as a...

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