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warren at the d.n.c. at the convention was actually pushing the entire party in a more progressive direction do you have that sense and if so in the minute we have left here what can we all do to move the democratic party more in the direction the lives of the war and then in the direction of some of the the old conservative democrats well i think elizabeth warren did it and she did it in a way that we it's easy to deliver tom and that is when she says corporations are not people that the crowd went crazy because in their heart they're tired of being equated to a cold corporation they understood just like she said this fight that we have the next four years during the obama administration is to make certain that we put people first that we put people where it comes to benefits rather than corporations . comes to benefits and i think i think she connected and what democrats have to do progressive democrats have to continue pushing that message on frankly administration that's been very slow to respond to t

warren. >> elizabeth warren is trying to put her heritage behind her. she identified herself as native americans but they have zero evidence of. she is face tough questions about she is minority for professional gain. >> it keeps changing. >> is there anything that is going to come out about you that we don't already know? >> i don't think so, but who knows. >> as i kid i never ask my mom for documentation when she said about our native american heritage, but she is part of cherokee and delaware. let me clear, i never got any benefit because of my heritage. people who hired they didn't even know about it. scott brown can continue attacking my family, but i'm going to keep fighting for yours. >> paul: who got the best of that exchange? >> scott brown did. she came out saying that her family is under attack. brown said look at her. he is not close to being an native american, how can you tell anybody's heritage by their face. the first thing she said when it came up, i have high cheekbones. she has high cheekbones. well, you can look at your heritage -- t

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warren. >> elizabeth warren is trying to put her heritage behind her. she identified herself as native americans but they have zero evidence of. she is face tough questions about she is minority for professional gain. >> it keeps changing. >> is there anything that is going to come out about you that we don't already know? >> i don't think so, but who knows. >> as i kid i never ask my mom for documentation when she said about our native american heritage, but she is part of cherokee and delaware. let me clear, i never got any benefit because of my heritage. pople who hired they didn't even know about it. scott brown can continue attacking my family, but i'm going to keep fighting for yours. >> paul: who got the best of that exchange? >> scott brown did. she came out saying that her family is under attack. brown said look at her. he is not close to being an native american, how can you tell anybody's heritage by their face. the first thing she said when it came up, i have high cheekbones. she has high cheekbones. well, you can look at your heritage -- th

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warren at the d.n.c. at the convention was actually pushing the entire party in a more progressive direction do you have that sense and if so in the minute we have left here what can we all do to move the democratic party more in the direction the lives of the war and then in the direction of you know some of the the old conservative democrats well i think elizabeth warren did it and she did it in a way that we it's easy to deliver and that is when she says corporations are not people that the crowd went crazy because in their heart they're tired of being equated to a cold corporation they understood just like she said this fight that we have the next four years during the obama administration is to make certain that we put people first that we put people where it comes to benefits rather than corporations . comes to benefits and i think i think she she connected and what democrats have to do progressive democrats have to continue pushing that message on frankly administration that's been very slow to res

. >> what is wrong with elizabeth warren being native american? >> there's nothing wrong with that. that's why i asked, why would he go down that road? it's a cheap shot. do people in massachusetts, or anywhere in this country, really care about ethnicity now when it comes to public service? i mean, i think that it was just a marquee mistake on his part to go down that road. >> it is amazing to me. you know, it didn't move the polls when he was doing it before and it ultimately comes down to him saying, she shouldn't be a senator because she's native american. >> how do you think she handled the answer? i thought it was terrific. >> i mean, i think she has the moral high ground on this. if i were her, i would show more outrage. i think what she explained is sort of incontrovertible but he's trying to make it an issue. i find it remarkable. i don't understand why it's sort of not more of a scandal. >> from the clips i saw, she showed tremendous poise tonight. this was her first real debate on the big stage at this level in politics. rachel, thanks. >> thank, man. appreciate it. thank

elizabeth warren knows that's wrong. i think the voters in massachusetts knows that's wrong. >> felix arroyo. thanks for being with us tonight. i appreciate your time so much from massachusetts on "the ed show." that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> good evening, ed, i have to ask you about the clip you played from the debate in boston. >> sure. >> what is wrong with elizabeth warren being native american? >> there's nothing wrong with that. that's why i asked, why would he go down that road? it's a cheap shot. do people in massachusetts, or anywhere in this country, really care about ethnicity now when it comes to public service? i mean, i think that it was just a marquee mistake on his part to go down that road. >> it is amazing to me. you know, it didn't move the polls when he was doing it before and it ultimately comes down to him saying, she shouldn't be a senator because she's native american. >> how do you think she handled the answer? i thought it was terrific. >> i

the battle between senator scott brown and elizabeth warren in massachusetts. wall street is backing brown but warren has her own outside help. i caught up with both candidates on the campaign trail this week. >> i want to go to washington to fight for working families. she's a hero to the left. and he's a popular republican in a democratic state. >> my goal has been to work with people to come up with solutions. >> scott brown and elizabeth warren are in the most closely watched senate race in the country. $48million counting it's also the most expensive. in 2010 brown took the political world by storm when he won ted kennedy's senate psi. now he's trying to keep his job. top watchdog and harvard professor is too liberal even for this state. >> what do you have to do to hold on to this seat. >> point out differences between professor warren and me. i'm a bipartisan guy. professor warren is the one who pushed the ewe didn't build it mentality. demonizing job creators. i'm going to point out those differences bealso remind folks what i've done since i've been th

and that apology was necessary from elizabeth warren. scott brown described elizabeth warren yesterday as offensive. she is the one that's offensive here, according to scott brown. these are his staffers. senate staffers. we pay their salary. today the chief of the cherokee nation put out this statement. "the cherokee nation is disappointed in and denounces the disrespectful actions of staffers and supporters of massachusetts senator scott brown. the conduct of these individuals goes far beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse. the use of stereotypical war whoop chants and tomahawk chops are offensive and downright racist. the individuals involved in this unfortunate incident are high-ranking staffers in both the senate office and the brown campaign. a campaign that would allow and condone such offensive and racist behavior must be called to task for their actions. i will not be silent when individuals mock and insult our people and our great nation. we need individuals in the united states senate who respect native

i'm elizabeth warren and i approve this message. scott brown can attack my family, but i'm going to keep fighting for yours. >> stay with us. >>> professor warren claimed that she was a native american, a person of color, as you can see, she is not. she checked the box of native american. >> as a kid, i never asked my mom more documentation when she talked about our native american heritage. what kid would? but my father didn't like she was part cherokee so my parents had to elope. i'm elizabeth warren and i approve this message. scott brown can continue attacking my family, but i'm going to keep fighting for yours. >> as weird as it is to see a senate candidate explaining their ethnic background, how weird is it because of the attacks on her in this campaign are about her race? i don't understand why this is a national scandal. i find it to be astonishing it's not more upsetting to more people. joining us to help me get smarter about this story is the host of msnbc melissa perry. i feel relieved seeing you alone. i know you'll help

what profession is elizabeth warren. scott brown nicely took a little opportunity to remind me and the voters of massachusetts. >> yes, if you're -- >> i want to thank professor warren claimed. professor warren's proposals and the criticism that you're hearing from professor warren, give it to professor warren, she'll spend them. >> the only person in this race who is hurting the middle class and wants to raise taxes is professor warren. >> the difference between me and professor warren. >> professor warren who is always take the first approach. >> give it to professor warren to spend. >> i hope you didn't do a drinking game. >> no, i remember after watching this debate exactly what her occupation was. i found that useful. >> as a matter of courtesy i refer to them as professor this or that. >> yeah, when i e-mail them. >> but in warren's case it's become a weird little epithet. a professor at harvard. >> we have to -- charlie, we have to sit through three more of these. i will perfectly stipulate that if he wants to cal

. ♪ >>> last night really was an important night for elizabeth warren. she was given the other speaking spot right before bill clinton. it gave her a badly needed chance for a boost in her massachusetts race against scott brown. >> the system is rigged. look around. oil companies guzzle down billions in profits. billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. and wall street ceos, the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs, still strut around congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. does anyone here have a problem with that? well, i do too. i do too. >> so, guys, i thought it was a strong speech, but i have to say elizabeth warren has a problem here. she's fallen several points behind, i think about five or six points behind scott brown in this race. i think there's a frustration and a concern among democrats in massachusetts and nationally that the elizabeth warren that everyone was introduced to last year -- if you remember, there was that viral video where she had this impromptu exp

we've been talking about how elizabeth warren has raged against economic inequality. my next guest found a silver lining and believe it or not he believe it is a good thing. he is the managing director, former managing director, pardon me at bain capital. he is the author of the book, unintended consequences. thanks for coming on our show today. >> appreciate it. melissa: what do you think of what you just heard, by the way. >> i debate ad lot of people like her on the left. they don't see any change in the economy from the 1950s to today. think about the 1950s. big businesses are chasing after mass markets created by television and interstate highway. entrepreneurs don't matter as much in that economy. today, 15 people can create instagram and half a billion dollars in a a few years. the internet opens op opportunities that exist today that didn't exist back then. individual entrepreneur and high-tech start up matter a lot more. this is beneficial to the middle class. doesn't hurt the middle class. melissa: you say a large part of that private quick it is a driver of

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and that apology was necessary from elizabeth warren. scott brown described elizabeth warren yesterday asnsiv is oha offensive here, according to scott brown. these are his staffers. senate staffers. we pay their salary. today the chief of the cherokee nation put out this statement. "the cherokee nation is disappointed in and denounces the disrpectful actions of staffers and supportersf massachusetts senator scott brown. es beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse. the use of stereotypical war whoop chants and tomahawk chops are offensive and downright rast. the individuals involved in this unfortunate incident are high-ranking staffers in both the senate office and the brown campai a caaign thawoulownd condone such offensive and racist behavior must be called to task for their actions. i will not be silent when individuals mock and insult our people and our great nation. we need individuals in the united states senate who respect nativemericans and hav a untagfbaissues. for that reason, i call upon senator brown to a

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that was how he opened up his rst debate against elizabeth warren. the very first ad that scott browaired after that first deba was not aad addressin any specific issues in the country or in the senate race, but rather an ad attacking elizabeth warren on the basis of race. scott brown has had a campaign website up for weeks in which he describes elizabeth warren as a, quote, fake indian. s it's the language he useon after all of that, scott brown said yesterday while he did not condone the tomahawk chop, war whoop, making fun of native americans behavior by his senate staffers, he said thate did think an apology was necessary. and that apology was necessary otowscbed elizabeth n. warren yesterday as offensive. she is the one that's offensive here, according to scott brown. these are his stfers. senate staffers. we pay their salary. today the chief of the cherokee nation put out this statement. "the chekee nation is dippointed in and denounces the disrespectful actions of staffers and supporters of massachusetts senator scott brown. the conduct of the

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elizabeth warren is like an occupy activist. so she gets a cake from scott brown. their stunt was trying to deliver this melting sheet cake. they were so proud to have it they tweeted a picture of themselves trying to pull off the stunt. there's a long history of people trying to provoke their opponents so they do something embarrassing or damaging. if they could have that reaction while someone is filming, that would be great. what i'm about to show you is not that. it's not run of the mill politics. it's not delivering an unappealing sheet cake to your opponent which you find hilarious. this is different. here's the context. at last week's debate between scott brown and elizabeth warren, senator brown right out of the gate, before anything was discussed, first thing scott brown attacked elizabeth warren for being native american because he says, she looks white to him. >> she checked the box claiming she was a native american. clearly, she's not. >> scott brown is also a one-man racial litmus test. don't know if your great grandmother was czech? ask scott brown.

okay, let's talk about elizabeth warren. you tell me, marc, she claims the system is rigged, and brit hume last night suggested she sounded like somebody who was railing against an incumbent president, and she was advocating to unseat that incouple men president -- incumbent president. >> i think brit is right. look, i agree with elizabeth warren that the system and the economy are rigged, but here's the interesting thing. as she was standing there on that stage railing against corporate lobbyists and a rigged economy, she forgot to mention something. her microphone was paid for by corporate lobbyists who have benefited from obama's rigged economy. the entire democratic national convention that you have there behind you is being subsidized by a $10 million line of credit from duke energy whose ceo is one of obama's biggest political contributors. duke energy is also one of the biggest recipients of obama stimulus funds. they've gotten more than $200 million of our tax dollars through obama's green energy program, so elizabet

i'm from massachusetts so i'm pumped about the senate race between elizabeth warren and scott brown. >> i'm krystal ball. barack obama and mitt romney wants you to like them, poke them, tweet them, vote for them, too. now the man behind david letterman is getting in on the action. >> don't make your weekend plans just yet. i'll tell bu the best movie of 2012 so far. that should keep you around for the entire cycle on this friday, september 21. >>> there's only seven days until early votes begins in iowa, 12 days until the first presidential debate, and 46 days until america goes into the booth and decides who will occupy the oval office the next four years. according to the latest poll, the election is still air-tight. history may one day recall romney as mr. 47% and spoke of his moment the day the music died. people on both sides admit the race could still change. there's always an october surprise. steve can name them all off the top of his head. trust me. both candidates are on the campaign trail today. this afternoon president obama made a stop in virginia. >> i don't believe we

we have elizabeth warren who will be a huge draw for the progressives. news out today that she has raised $1 million from one group alone, the progressive change committee, and then bill clinton, the big speaker tonight. the buzz building he's coming. he's coming. what do we expect from the former president? >> al gore: first of all we've already had a barn burner as we prepared to go on the air watching the feed from charlotte. congressman emmanuel cleaver got the crowd on its feet. it was a terrific speech. i happen to know from personal experience what a tremendous speaker and motivator he is. he'll make the case to america this evening for the re-election of barack obama and he will do it extremely well. i would bet money on it. we're not making any $10,000 bets on this show, not romney-sized bets, but i feel confident about that one. >> jennifer: because of your experience with him. what is the speech writing process for someone like bill clinton. a lot of people have said today oh, we hope he doesn't pull a convention speech like he did--what does

the other factor here, one that helps elizabeth warren and one that explains why the republicans want to beat her she will have president obama at the top of the ticket. when scott brown won he did not have the benefit when he was up against martha coakley viewed as a bad candidate. so i think with the president at the top that has got to have some residual coattails effect for elizabeth warren. if she wins, does she not become immediately a national figure? >> well she does, definitely. to the extent mitt romney is not the opportune republican candidate in this economic environment when people are mad at rich guys and the bain capital experience, fair or unfair, that's how the race is going, elizabeth warren might be the opposite for democrats. the poster child for the class and argument. she's the progenitor of the thing that got president obama in the first place the you didn't build that, misstatement or gaffe. she came up with that reasoning and cut web videos that were enormously popular. she's articulated better than he did. she's become the poster child for that. they gave her

and that apology was necessary from elizabeth warren. sct brown described elizabeth warren yesterdays offensive. e he ts fensive here, according to scott brown. these are his staffers. senate staffers. we pay their salary. today the chief of the cherokee nation put out this statement. "the cherokee naon is disappointed in and denounces the disrespectful actions of stafrs and supporters of maachutts nasc br thcondt of these individuals goes far beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse. the use of stereotypical war whoop chants and tomahawk chops are offensive and downright racist. the individuals involved in this unfortunate incident are high-rking staffers in both e seteicd br ai a campai that would allow and condone such offensive and racist behavior must be called to task for their actions. i will not be silent when individuals mock and insult our people and our great nation. we need invials in the unedtenahopect veri aav understanding of tribal issues. for that reason, i call upon senator brown to apologize for the

i'm elizabeth warren. i approve this message. scott brown can tina tacking my family, but i'm going to keep fighting for yours. >> that was a message from elizabeth warren sending a clear message to senator scott brown that her heritage didn't give her an unfair advantage. maybe the story isn't so much that she defended herself but rather the claim on the part that senator brown that she's a recipient of undeserved benefits. sounds like me the ugly anti-affirmative action beast is rearing its head again. joining me at the table again are my guests. it's not a debate about the social construction of race. it's about the idea that elizabeth warren got undeserved benefits and by extension that all of these other brown folks get undeserved benefits. >> sure. sure. i mean, from scott brown to say that look, she doesn't look like this, look like a native american. yet she found a way to work the system to her benefit, thus taking benefits away from other more deserving people. i mean, we've seen this in politics for generation after ge

norah o'donnell has a little bit more about elizabeth warren down on the convention floor. nora. >> that's right, and elizabeth warren has been a favorite of progressives across this country as the first head of the consumer protection bureau, she just sat here and remarked that the middle class has been shipped, squeezed and hammered. one of a number of prominent women running for senate this year, democrats hope that if she can take that seat from republican scott brown they can hold on to the united states senate. she of course is going to be keying up former president bill clinton who we will here from, hear from shortly and one note about that, scott, i have been in touch with bill clinton's advisors all day, he has been working on this speech until the very last minute, that is how bill clinton likes to write speeches. >> pelley: nora, thanks very much. let's take just a moment to listen in to elizabeth warren running for the united states senate, trying to unseat the republican in massachusetts, scott brown. >> -- under the leadership of teddy roosevelt and other pro