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Only a Quarter of Latino Voters Like Romney and His Party

Mitt Romney has said if Republicans don't get more popular among Latinos, they're "doomed." So far, he's still not too popular.

By Elspeth Reeve

May 18, 2012

Three Elections Worth of Bain Attacks on Romney

Every time Mitt Romney has run for office, his Democratic opponent has made a big deal about his career at Bain Capital.

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 15, 2012

Elizabeth Warren's Native American Story Won't Go Away

Google Alerts didn't exist in 1997, but is it really possible Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren didn't know Harvard Law School was calling her the "first woman of color" it hired?

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 10, 2012

Ad Watch

Romney Group Sees Obama's War on Gays, Raises Him a War on Women

In today's Ad Watch: President Obama's campaign celebrates his decision to support gay marriage, Massachusetts Republicans attack Elizabeth Warren's ancestry, and a superPAC defends Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 9, 2012

Ad Watch

Party? Scott Brown Doesn't Need No Stinking Party

The general election has begun! And so has the onslaught of campaign ads. In today's Ad Watch: How national politics affect state races. Scott Brown forgets to mention he's Republican, Jon Tester gets tied to Obama, and Scott Walker is accused of "Republican class warfare."

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By Elspeth Reeve

May 8, 2012

New Tactic: Blame Elizabeth Warren for Her Ancestors' Crimes

Some conservatives argue that it's liberals who are the true racists.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 6, 2012

Romney Wins Ohio, Splits Super Tuesday with Santorum

Mitt Romney is feeling so good about the 10 states voting today that he and his wife are flying home to Boston. We'll be liveblogging the returns as soon as results start coming in.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 2, 2012

Romney Was Once Proud to Be a Washington Insider

Mitt Romney has been attacking Rick Santorum for growing the government for weeks, but in 2002, back when Santorum was in Congress making those earmarks, Romney was bragging how good he was at securing them.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 6, 2011

How Mitt Romney Tried to Erase the Evidence of His Governorship

Shortly before leaving the governor's office in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney's administration spent nearly $100,000 of state money to purge computer and email records, in an unprecedented attempt to wipe out the paper trail of tenure.

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 28, 2011

Barney Frank Will Be Missed

Retiring Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank hasn't snarked his last (he's still in office for another year after all) but we're already starting to miss him.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 28, 2011

Barney Frank's Best Video Moments

With Massachusetts' Barney Frank announcing he won't run for reelection to Congress next year, America will soon lose one of its few elected officials both willing and able to say rude (and often funny) things on camera.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 3, 2011

How Elizabeth Warren Handles a Very Rude Heckler

Heckled at a campaign meeting in Brockton, Massachusetts on Wednesday night, Elizabeth Warren managed to stay cool and even give her audience-based antagonist some answers, until he called her a "socialist whore."

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 20, 2011