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Brian McGrory

The politics of panic

By Brian McGrory

 |  Globe Columnist  

  March 09, 2012

Democratic strategists from all across this great land have their sweaty palms lingering over the panic button in the Massachusetts Senate race. Other assorted analysts are unfurling the white flag of surrender. They’re saying Elizabeth Warren needs a political makeover - new issues, new eyeglasses, new everything - if she wants any chance of even a respectable defeat. They need to calm themselves down and give the race time to unfold.

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