Blue Mass Group

What appears to be true is: (1) Warren has at least one verified ancestor (a great-great-great-grandmother) who is Cherokee. She may have more, but they haven't been independently verified yet. (2) Warren's hiring at Harvard had nothing to do with her ancestry, according to long-time Harvard law prof Charles Fried. (3) For several years, Warren did self-identify in a widely-used directory of American legal academics as a minority, which does suggest that, even if Warren herself did not draw on her background in the course of moving to Harvard, people at Harvard may well have been aware of it. (4) The campaign has not handled this especially well. This kind of thing needs to be dealt with immediately and with complete openness about all relevant facts - for example, the media should never have been allowed to "discover" the fact of Warren's directory listing. That should have come from the campaign right away. - promoted by david

In case you missed it. Of interest is the fact that Gingrich+Santorum is basically tied with Romney, even after the millions and millions of dollars Romney spent in FL. So, not-Mitt is still doing pretty well. - promoted by david

Very unfortunate, IMHO. These documents should be public, period. - promoted by david

(Bumped, for the updates.  BMG has confirmed that Alan Khazei, as well as Setti Warren, is seriously considering another run. - promoted by David)

- promoted by david