Brown to Warren: I'm not a student in your class

Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, left, shakes hands with his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren prior to debate sponsored by the Boston Herald at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Mass., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. / AP Photo/Charles Krupa

LOWELL, Mass. Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren jousted on everything from immigration reform and Afghanistan to jobs and the Supreme Court during their second televised debate.

Brown began Monday's match-up by demanding Warren release her personnel records at Harvard University, even as he conceded she is "a qualified academic."

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The most fiery moment of the debate came when Warren ran through a list of jobs bills she said Brown had joined with other Republicans to oppose.

"First of all, she's obviously misstating the facts," Brown said, the Boston Globe reports. When Warren started talking over Brown, he shot back, "I'm not a student in your classroom, please let me respond." The moment elicited loud cheers and boos in the audience.

Brown continued to press Warren on the issue of her Native American heritage, to which the Democrat responded, "I consider myself as having a Native American background. That's what I said. That's what I am."

Warren pressed Brown for more information on the clients he represented as a private attorney and said if elected to the Senate, Brown would help fellow Republicans block President Barack Obama's agenda.

Asked about Afghanistan, Warren broke with Obama, saying U.S. troops should be pulled home ahead of his 2014 withdrawal date. Brown said he'd rely on the judgment of Obama and his generals.

The two also split on immigration, with Warren saying she supported the so-called DREAM Act, which Brown opposes.

[kruddykuffar]

If the Native American thing is the best case that Senator Scott Brown can come up with for his candidacy, then he's shouting into the wind. He's got to do better than that. It's making him look weak.

Sen. Brown's claim of being an independent voice for Massachusetts was completely falsified by his first go-to response that Justice Antonin Scalia was his favorite Supreme Court justice. Justice Scalia is the farthest right voice on the court, and one of the biggest ideological heroes to the Republican right. Brown screwed himself with that response.

Elizabeth Warren landed a really good punch on Brown when she pointed out that Brown tells Massachusetts voters one thing, that he's an independent voice for Massachusetts, but then turns around and tells his donors that they should support him because he will reinforce Republican strength in the Senate and block Obama-sponsored legislation. Mass. voters are going for Obama over Romney by 58% - 36%. There's no way that will not hurt Brown.

Elizabeth Warren has proved repeatedly throughout her career that she's a dedicated citizen advocate and closer to values and aspirations of Massachusetts voters than Scott Brown. She's a liberal. So is the state of Massachusetts.

Mass. voters are not going to vote for Obama and yet also vote for the man who tells the people who sponsor his campaign that he intends to put obstacles in Obama's path. That would be perverse. (It would be almost as perverse as professing admiration for an extreme ideologue while simultaneously claiming to be an independent thinker.) Warren frequently points to her support for Obama at the top of the Democratic ticket because she knows that Mass. voters support him too.

[PunchPrincess]

Professor Warren is one sixteenth Cherokee Indian. The President of the Cherokee Indian Nation is one sixteenth Cherokee Indian. Oh, but we have to hold Elizabeth Warren to a higher standard because -- why? Oh, she's a woman and one sixteenth Cherokee Indian. That makes a huge difference.

Idiots.

[historybuff01]

I attended the debate and this article is intentionally misleading voters/readers. David Gregory, moderator started by asking about Warren's heritage. All citizens can view Brown's voting record, it's all public, you can validate that Warren did misrepresent it in her comments. Warren continued to interrupt, Gregory at one point also told her to stop. Brown was a real estate attorney, already released his records of who he represented, Warren was unaware. She did disagree with Obama's policy on Afghanistan, saying we should withdraw more swiftly. Brown left the decision of Afghanistan to Obama, the article infers he did not break with Obama, something with Warren didn't do. Warren actually contradicted herself on immigration, in the same sentence.

[Ben37221]

A vote for Brown is a vote for GOP agenda in congress-
1. Repel of Obamacare
2. Reverse of Dode Frank Financial protection
3. Oil companies running EPA again
4. GOP telling women what to do with their body, including that Ultra proposed law from Virginia.

Certainly, vote for Romney is a vote for more taxes break for millionaires, and taxe increase for the middle class.

[wfw3536]

If Warren didn't lie then let's see her school records so we can see she didn't lie and take away a spot in that school that should have gone to a native American. If you watch some of her old tapes and her conversation about Warren being a native American, it is clear she lied and just liked the idea to game the system. Warren should come clean and apologize to our native Americans. We do not need folks like Warren in the Senate.

[Ben37221]

wfw3536, someone said that you were wetting yourself as late as twelve grade- not once but several times. If that is not true, then let's see your high school records.
Where does this GOP stupidity stop. Why should anyone with common sense vote for a party that have become extreme in every sense of the word.
A vote for GOP is a vote against common sense.

[lesserof2evil]

So the welfare of native Americans are such an important issues for the republiCONs. Are they no longer part of the 47%?

[dennisall77]

WHAT ABOUT BROWN'S COMMENT ON WHAT TYPE OF JUSTICES HE WOULD APPROVE? HE LISTED SCALIA FIRST THEN WENT TO KENNEDY AND FINALLY SOTOMAYOR... HE JUST COVERED THE WATERFRONT... THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED AND BOOED. HE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW. HE IS A TWERP. POLLS WILL BOUNCE FOR WARREN.

[TheLondonPerspective]

Brown has racists in his election team and he shoud have sacked them on the spot. especially the fat one who looks like a Charley Brown KKK supporter.


If you tolerate racists then you must be a racist.

Brown is a right-wing zealot who saw no wrong in Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments.

Both are disgusting right-wingers who need a reality check.............by being Kicked Out!

[chevyhotrod]

Is Rev. Wright a racist? Answer: yes he is

Did President Obama tolerate him for 20 years? Answer: yes he did

Does that make President Obama a racist?

[MonkeyTree1]

HONEST PEOPLE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR WARREN

Warren is established as a lying thieving dog. LYING HER WAY THROUGH LIFE CLAIMING MINORITY STATUS TO GAIN ADVANTAGE in Education and Employment.

"the Boston Herald reported that in the 1990s Harvard Law School had, in response to criticisms about the lack of faculty diversity, publicized Warren's law directory entries from 1986 to 1995, which listed her background as Native American ancestry"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren

WARREN BELONGS IN JAIL - NOT IN GOVERNMENT

VOTE FOR SCOTT BROWN FOR HONEST GOVERNMENT

[chevyhotrod]

Jew Hater, should we also apply the same standard you have for Senator Brown to President Obama?

If so, by your standards, President Obama should be institutionalized as well.

[vegnik]

I'm convinced Elizabeth Warren would make an excellent senator, someone who Massachusetts could be very proud of.

Brown is, of course, way too right wing for MA, but also not good for the US.

The regressive Republican Party of No is obstructionist, mean-spirited, thuggish, religiously fanatical, scientifically ignorant, corrupt, hypocritical, untrustworthy, xenophobic, racist, sexist, homophobic, evolution and global warming denying, oily, anti-environment, anti-health, anti-consumer, anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-education, anti-student loans, anti-equal pay, anti-99%, pro-banks, pro-big corporations, pro-voter suppression, union busting, Medicare mashing and Social Security slashing, fiscally irresponsible, misleading, authoritarian, selfish, greedy, out-of-touch, dishonest, lacking compassion, warmongering, and otherwise dangerous.

Don't make a Mittstake. NEVER vote for Republicans!

[chevyhotrod]

Your ignorance is epic and your hate and projection are obvious for all to see.

[wcdsue]

Warren is a liar. I am an Mexican/Indian and if she had lied about being in my tribe, our chief would not have endorsed her like the Cherokee Chief did. Your accusations about the Republican Party are so ridiculous, you must take the left wing media reports at face value; without checking the facts. The House Republicans have passed 40 job bills the Democrats will not even vote on. The Democratic Senate has not passed one bill in three years (which is required by law). Reid will not even put Obama's bills to a vote. So basically Democrats have been paid for the last three and a half years to doing NOTHING!

By the way, Warren telling everyone the system is rigged pretty much tells people she is not a problem solver, she just wants everyone to be victims. I will NEVER vote for Democrats because they lie, cheat, and disregard the law to implement their agenda.

[Congressive]

Don't know what his problem is, but I suspect David Gregory just doesn't like women in general. "Ms. Warren, why are there no women senators or governors from Massachusetts? Mr. Brown, different question..." Sexist says WHAT?