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A Republican victory in Massachusetts?

  by Ken Feltman, Radnor Inc. January 16, 2010, 1:15 pm EST. Radnor has not polled Massachusetts. Two polling firms we work with have polled for the Tuesday special election that will decide former Senator Edward Kennedy's replacement. One firm polled 563 likely voters Thursday and Friday and found the Republican candidate, Scott Brown, leading by 47% to 43%, among decided voters. The other firm's latest three-day tracking poll, through Friday, shows Brown with a lead for the first ...
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Back to Westphalian realism

by Ken Feltman, Radnor Inc.The strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must. - Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is usually cited as the end of Europe's religious wars, which began in 1517 when Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses. Thousands had died and more were displaced in bloody battles waged in the name of the same Christian God. Westphalia may have put an end to Europe's religious wars, but not Europe's bitter ...
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