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

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have another establishment candidate defeated,
Trey Grayson, who was

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

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

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

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delivering his message on behalf of the tea
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
a message, a

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

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

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(END VIDEO CLIP)

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

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

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Rand Paul has earned more votes in a Republican
primary,

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turned out more Republicans in a Republican
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
not Mitch McConnell‘s party,

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

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

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candidate

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with more influence on the Republican Party
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
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
in every debate.