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President Obama channels Elizabeth Warren rhetoric, approach in 2012-style speech

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 07, 2011

In a speech yesterday in Kansas, President Obama channeled the rhetoric, approach, and energy of Elizabeth Warren as he seemed to take a new tack toward his 2012 reelection campaign. While the Massachusetts Republican Party has branded the Democratic Senate candidate a “militant liberal,” many Democrats are relishing the fire-breathing rhetoric Warren has espoused while emerging as the chief rival to Senator Scott Brown, a Republican seeking reelection next year. The Warren campaign dismisses any message-sharing with the White House.

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