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Scott Brown seeks underdog role

He anticipates Warren as his opponent for US senate seat

By Frank Phillips

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 29, 2011

On the verge of what is expected to be a long reelection year, US Senator Scott Brown yesterday declared himself the underdog in a battle against likely Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren, but expressed confidence that he can win a full six-year term by persuading voters that she is too liberal and uncompromising on a host of issues. The senator’s decision to talk about the pending Senate campaign comes after months of general silence from him and his aides during which Warren has emerged as a major threat to his reelection effort.

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