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WATCH: CNN Host Confronts Republican Over Birther Proposal

Posted 05.30.2012

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CNN's Brooke Baldwin had a contentious exchange with Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra about his proposal to establish an office to verify the president'...

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Dem's Surprising Birth Certificate Remark

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.30.2012

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A former Democratic governor of New York said that President Barack Obama "got away with it" if he was not born in the United States. On his radio ...

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GOP Senate Candidate Flirts With Birtherism

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A prominent Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan has emerged as yet another proponent of the "birther" movement, accordin...

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Bitter Primaries Hurting GOP Chances In Key States

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.29.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. — Mutual admiration was the rule for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's listening session at the University of South Florida. School pro...

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Pete Hoekstra Makes Surprising Claim About Student Loans (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 05.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A video of Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra vowing to end all federal student loan programs has surfaced on YouTube, putting th...

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Pete Hoekstra Burns Through Cash In Michigan Senate Race

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.17.2012

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Last week, Michigan GOP Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra announced that he had raised nearly $700,000 in the first quarter of 2012. As The Huffington Po...

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Pete Hoekstra Fundraising Drops After Super Bowl Ad

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.14.2012

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Michigan Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra took a pounding in the polls after running that Super Bowl ad of an Asian woman speaking broken Eng...

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GOP Senate Candidate Slams Lilly Ledbetter Act: 'That Thing Is A Nuisance'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former Republican congressman Pete Hoekstra, who is now running to unseat Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), weighed in on the Lilly Ledbet...

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Dem Candidate Profits From Negative GOP Ad

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 04.05.2012

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Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) enjoyed her most successful fundraising quarter ever in the wake of the controversy surrounding a negative campaign ...

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Cain Defends GOP Rep's Racially Charged Campaign Effort

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 02.24.2012

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Herman Cain defended Rep. Pete Hoekstra and his controversial ad while campaigning for the Republican in his home state of Michigan. The former Rep...

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Herman Cain Establishes New Role As Kingmaker

Politico | ALEX ISENSTADT | Posted 02.22.2012

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Now that Herman Cain’s presidential quest is in the books, he’s trying on a new hat: kingmaker. ...

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Pete Hoekstra Tanks In Polls After China Super Bowl Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The fortunes of Michigan GOP Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra have plummeted since his infamous Super Bowl ad featuring an Asian woman spe...

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Asian-American Super PAC Launches To Hit Back Against Controversial Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A new super PAC has formed to support allies of the Asian Pacific Islander community after GOP Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra aired a co...

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Actress In Controversial China Political Ad Apologizes

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Lisa Chan, the actress who appeared in a political ad that was widely criticized for furthering negative stereotypes of Asian-Americans,...

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Actress In Racist Campaign Ad Reportedly Identified

Posted 02.10.2012

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The young woman who starred in a much-maligned Senate campaign ad targeting Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and released by Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich....

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Hoesktra Pulls Controversial Super Bowl Ad

Posted 03.27.2012

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Former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) has removed his controversial Super Bowl ad from the Internet. Hoesktra, who's running for a chance to challeng...

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Elizabeth Warren Looks Ahead To November

Posted 03.27.2012

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Elizabeth Warren is already focused on unseating Republican Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race, but first, she'll have to get through t...

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Asian-American Senate Candidate Slams Ad: 'Xenophobic, Disgusting, Fear-Mongering'

Posted 03.27.2012

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U.S. Senate candidate William Tong of Connecticut is the latest politician to fire at former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) for the Superbowl campaign a...

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WATCH: Is This Ad Racist?

Posted 02.08.2012

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Michigan Senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra raised some eyebrows on Sunday when he ran an ad locally during the Super Bowl that most people are callin...

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A Tale of Two Ads

Seth Engel | Posted 04.09.2012

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Xenophobic marketing is worse than racist; it capitalizes on the American public's fear of being overtaken by other economies while blaming a nameless, borderless "Asia."

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The Republican Tale of Two Commercials

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 04.08.2012

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Clint Eastwood's appearance and words during the Super Bowl had little to do with Obama. For observers with a long political memory, it was hard not to think of another president when seeing that commercial.

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Remembering Vincent Chin: Pete Hoekstra and Being Asian in America

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 02.07.2012

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In a country that often sees race in terms of White America and Black America, like Latinos, Asian Americans live in a racial middle where we must choose between being Asian (or Chinese or Filipino or Indian) or American, but not both.

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Offensive China Ad Sparks Stabenow Money Bomb

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is turning the tables on one of her would-be challengers, launching a money-bomb fundraising pitch in res...

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WATCH: O'Donnell's Fury Over Racist Ad

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 02.07.2012

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Lawrence O'Donnell had some harsh words for the actress who participated in the controversial political ad supporting a Michigan Republican Senate can...

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'Really, Really Dumb' Campaign Ad Draws More Criticism

AP | By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 04.07.2012

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LANSING, Mich. -- Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew...

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