Scott Brown on Elizabeth Warren’s criticisms: ‘Blah, blah, blah, blah’
Scott Brown says blah, Sarah Palin says Steelman is a mama grizzly, Mitt Romney says you should talk privately about settlements and Dick Cheney says he’s fishing.
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WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:
* The debates between Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren (D) will not be civil, the National Journal concludes. Asked by a reporter about some of Warren’s criticisms, Brown cut in, “Blah, blah, blah, blah.”
* Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney expanded a little on his Middle East peace plans with CNN today, saying that the issue of settlements “is something that should be discussed in private by the American president and our allies.” Obama publicly called for a settlement freeze in 2009. Romney caused a stir earlier for suggesting that “culture” helps explain why Israel is more successful than the Palestinian territories.
* Former Polish president Lech Walesa essentially endorsed Romney for president today. “I wish you to be successful because this success is needed to the United States of course, but to Europe and the rest of the world, too,” the Nobel Peace prize winner said in Gdansk. “Governor Romney, get your success, be successful!” The Solidarity union distanced itself from its former leader’s remarks, saying it stands with the AFL-CIO against Romney.
* Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tells BuzzFeed he likes the new media world. “To the extent that there isn’t media domination like there was in the days NBC, ABC, CBS, the New York Times, the Washington Post, particularly since most people on my side of the aisle feel they had a pretty obvious
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Posted by RobertButler
on Jul 30 2012. Filed under 2012 Presidential Campaign.
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