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When i say this. but ron paul was basically a lifelong protest candidate for national office. the platform for his views. the support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actu...

The support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actually going to be president. running was its own end. he held on to that house seat from texas for decades. you know, casti...

And see if you can change "i want" to "oh, yes i can!" >> bret: that technical difficulty, take you back to my interview with italy former prime minister, sylvio berlusconi. when he stepped down as prime minister in 2011, but in recent months surged back to prominence in italy after capturing more than 29% of the vote in the last election in late february. his center right block slightly trailed the center left candidate. but neither man has a majority because a protest candidate, a comedian, to...

Chair of wisconsin, mike tate, admits the party has lost control of the message. evident in this audio recording of a meeting he had with volunteers. >> its not party money. its individual candidate money. a lot of the money is from the third party groups so we cant talk to at all. >> its the future of american politics. super-pacs and other third parties will be able to define what an election is about. >> because minds are already made up, this election will be all about motivating supporters ...

Get traction as a protest candidate. >> i will say, theres this woman whos one of my most regular letters to the editor writers. i hear from her all the time, all week long. she cant not write a letter to the editor. shes a democratic activist and shes involved in democratic politics in her town. and the most shocking thing ive heard from her this year is she has switched from her democratic registration to undeclared, solely so she can vote for ron paul because she cares so much about getting o...

America needs buddy. inarguable and artfully presented. really in "the rachel maddow show" colors. thats the best sign. >> america needs a buddy. even if its not in "the rachel maddow show" colors. as "the rachel maddow shows" executive producer bill wolf points out astutely standing in the median at sunset, you cant argue with the buddy message. buddy roemer now 0 for 18 when it comes to being asked to participate in nationally televised debates. a lot of americans have so far preferred buddies...

>> i will say, theres this woman whos one of my most regular letters to the editor writers. i hear from her all the time, all week long. she cant not write a letter to the editor. shes a democratic activist and shes involved in democratic politics in her town. and the most shocking thing ive heard from her this year is she has switched from her democratic registration to undeclared, solely so she can vote for ron paul because she cares so much about getting out of afghanistan. >> wow. >> i dont ...

Sign right here. america needs buddy. inarguable and artfully presented. really in "the rachel maddow show" colors. thats the best sign. >> america needs a buddy. even if its not in "the rachel maddow show" colors. as "the rachel maddow shows" executive producer bill wolf points out astutely standing in the median at sunset, you cant argue with the buddy message. buddy roemer now 0 for 18 when it comes to being asked to participate in nationally televised debates. a lot of americans have so far ...

Shes involved in democratic politics in her town. and the most shocking thing ive heard from her this year is she has switched from her democratic registration to undeclared, solely so she can vote for ron paul because she cares so much about getting out of afghanistan. >> wow. >> i dont know if she speaks for anybody but herself but shes really disappointed with obama and willing to say so publicly, which is unusual, you know? she wants to use space in my paper every three days to tell people t...

Know this about gingrich. people are now -- some of the reason you see the numbers go down is people got excited over him. but then they started to get, rethinking it a little bit with ads running. affecting people in iowa. getting a second look. >> bret: what about rick santorum, michele bachmann and texas governor perry doing retail campaigning in iowa. as they head to the debate tomorrow? >> perry sure looks fired up, doesnt he? you saw that video. he is in it. a story line and narrative to p...