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Democrats. the only way it could conceivably be an advantage or some help to democrats is after the primaries and if those tea party people endorse the mainstream candidate, the mcconnell, for example, what ownership does mitch mcconnell have of the statements of the guy who ran against him and then endorsed him? thats kind of a bank shot for democrats. im not sure it will help them that much. >> lets play that out one step further. you could say the tea party candidates arent likely to win prim...

For the past several months rand paul has been laying the groundwork for a 2016 run. today, though, it was reported that hes scheduled to speak at iowas republican state convention in june, a major development for him, and then hes had a strong fund-raising quarter, raising over a million dollars in the first part of the year. paul is working early and hard to sell himself to some skeptical republican members of the establishment as a mainstream candidate. the gop establishment, however, is stil...

It tend to be more republican leading electorate. they also had in terry mcauliffe. a relatively weak candidate. that they could have picked off. they had on the republican side. the lieutenant-governor. much more moderate. much more mainstream candidate. if they elected him. if they had nominated him. i think there is a very good chance that he would have won the governorship. the tea party republicans need to realize they were handed all of these advantages going into this election. and they m...

Constituents head to the polls. thanks for joining me. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, kristen. >> senator, when you were governor of your state, george w. bush won it handily. now after two wins for president obama and an expected victory by terry mcauliffe, is there a permanent shift going on in what was a swing state? is it turning more blue. >> i think virginia is a toss-up state, fiscally conservative and socially moderate. i think the contrast in this race was virginians seeing ...

Him. >> no doubt about it. he definitely -- theres no doubt you go back to rand paul running in 2010 and, of course, rand paul was not the favorite of mitch mcconnell. he had supported a more mainstream candidate. rand paul won anyway. the fact that they are working together as a marriage of convenience at best. and i just -- i have to follow up with what gene said. whats most fascinating about this, and most revealing about this, is how people who are closest to rand paul, are so actively engag...

rogoff with differing perspectives will tell us what they think will happen in america, europe, the emerging markets in the year ahead. after that, why in the world is the price of oil so high when the global economy is so troubled? well explain. next up, iraq. the nation is on the brink of disaster according to its former prime minister, allawi. i will talk to him about iraqs trouble. and then well ask two participatants whether the iraq war was worth it. an important debate. ...

the global economy is so troubled. well explain. next up, iraq. the nation is on the brink of disaster according to its former prime minister. i will talk to him about iraqs struggles, and we will ask two participants whether the iraq war was worth it. an important debate. heres my take, first. finally, it looks like former massachusetts governor mitt romney will win his partys nomination, so republicans are following a familiar pattern. theyre nominating the mainstream candidate who...

Similarly, in our results from our strike team with rick santorum. so what do you make? do you think that these guys have the capability to become more mainstream candidate? >> ron paul has no capability of becoming a more mainstream candidate. hes a man of the margin, and i think if you are a democrat and you want to do a little mischief in the republican field, you might well favor him because he is a man -- ron paul is a man who couldnt be elected mayor of a town, let alone president of the u...

Looking that the republican field, he does not dismiss someone like ron paul out of hand, which it did seem like the establishment was doing and similarly, in our results from our strike team with rick santorum. so what do you make? do you think that these guys have the capability to become more mainstream candidate? >> ron paul has no capability of becoming a more mainstream candidate. hes a man of the margin, and i think if you are a democrat and you want to do a little mischief in the republi...

in iowa and immediately hitting the new hampshire air waves. >> its time for this pessimistic president to step aside and let american optimism that built this greatest nation on earth build a great future for our children. >> but are people buying what mitts selling? conventional wisdom says the former ceo will be the republican nominee and that the quote/unquote establishment is behind him. well, we wanted to know if that is really true. so we reached out to the "out front" strike te...