Permit me to take a brief break from the all important story of Elizabeth Warren’s Native American heritage, and concentrate on something trivial that may only be a life or death issue for poorer people.

Clip from May 25, 2012, The Rachel Maddow Show where Rachel and Washington Post columnist, Ezra Klein, discuss and analyze Mitt Romney’s embrace of Republican Reverse Robin Hood economic and tax policies (i.e., steal from the poor and give to the rich).

You wonder if the reporters who delve into the gutter of personal attacks on family heritage have to take a shower after they use Republican political talking points to try to divert attention away from the real issues of the day.