In the aftermath of the Senate election in Massachusetts, the focus of attention is inevitably on what it means for Barack Obama. The impact on the Democratic president of the loss of the late Ted Kennedy's seat to the Republicans will, no doubt, be significant (see next leader). Yet the result could be remembered as a message more profound than the disparate mutter-ings of a grumpy electorate that has lost faith in its leader-as a growl of hostility to the rising power of the state.
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