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Chuck Todd Says Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party

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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.
Title:
Chuck Todd Says Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party
Description:

On MSNBC's Hardball, Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd discuss the primary victory of Rand Paul, son of Representative Ron Paul (R-TX). Chuck Todd goes on to say that Ron Paul is the "Godfather" of the Tea Party movement.

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