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‘People’s Pledge’ may end up boxing in Scott Brown for campaign against Elizabeth Warren

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 13, 2012

When Scott Brown maneuvered Elizabeth Warren earlier this year into signing an agreement banning third-party advertising in their highly anticipated US Senate race, it was a public relations coup for the Republican incumbent. But without a third-party to do that dirty work for him, though, Brown may be forced to do it himself. And doing so could risk his key strategic advantage - his likability and the everyman persona crafted with his pickup truck, barncoat, and basketball playing.

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