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MATTHEWS: Let‘s go down to Rand Paul, on[br]the other side where you

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have another establishment candidate defeated,[br]Trey Grayson, who was

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sort of anointed by Senate Republican leader[br]Mitch McConnell. Here‘s

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Rand Paul, the upstart, the hero, I must say,[br]of the tea party people,

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the son of Ron Paul who ran for president[br]last time. Here he is

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delivering his message on behalf of the tea[br]party. Here he is sort of

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accepting the crown from them, let‘s listen.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

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RAND PAUL, KENTUCKY SENATE CANDIDATE: I have[br]a message, a

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message from the tea party, a message that[br]is loud and clear and does

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not mince words. We‘ve come to take our[br]government back.

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(END VIDEO CLIP)

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MATTHEWS: Can he win as a tea party guy per[br]se, or is he going to move to the center?

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TODD: Rand Paul did something Mitch McConnell[br]has never down in the state of Kentucky,

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Rand Paul has earned more votes in a Republican[br]primary,

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turned out more Republicans in a Republican[br]primary in the history of Republican politics

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in Kentucky.

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This was Mitch McConnell‘s party, it‘s[br]not Mitch McConnell‘s party,

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it‘s Rand Paul‘s party as far as what[br]you look like tonight.

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TODD: Really quickly, who would have thought[br]that Ron Paul would be the Republican presidential

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candidate

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with more influence on the Republican Party[br]in 2010 than any of those other guys that

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we covered in ‘08.

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Not Fred Thompson, not Mitt Romney, not John[br]McCain, but Ron Paul? Godfather of the tea

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party movement?

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(CROSSTALK)

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MATTHEWS: Ron Paul, who Rudy Giuliani mocked[br]in every debate.