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Patrick key to President Obama’s campaign

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 29, 2012

Scott Brown is an officer in the Massachusetts National Guard, and he’s obviously learned the lesson that when you’re confronted with a superior military, you have to adopt guerrilla tactics. He maneuvered Elizabeth Warren into accepting an unprecedented ban on third-party ads in their campaign. Meanwhile, Governor Deval Patrick buffed up his credentials during his State of the State speech. They should give him enhanced credibility as he attacks Mitt Romney on behalf of President Obama during this election year.

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