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In the political world, including their good marshall and edward brook, the first african-american elected to the senate, but when senator paul tried to give a little history lesson during his speech, things did not go over so well, so let's listen. >> how many of you would have -- if i would have said who do you think the founders of the ncaap -- would everyone know they were all republicans? >> yes. >> all right. all right. you know more than i know. okay. that's -- and i don't mean that to be insulting. i don't know what you know, and you don't -- i mean, i'm trying to find out what the con...

We know who these people are. scott brown has decided and i think he probably will dial this back in a second debate although i don't know. he has decided not to be that guy for the moment and i think that's thrown him off. >> one of the problems that scott brown has, one of his predecessors was attorney general back in massachusetts in 1964 when goldwater ran for president. edward brook was overwhelmingly re-elected, huge margin. what he did was he renounced lyndon johnson. he said, i am not a part of this national party. i am a republican. i'm going to fight to make the republican party some...

Howard brooks, senator from massachusetts, african-american republican. i said he was an african-american senator, the first one, after reconstruction. no disrespect to the one in 1870, 1871 in mississippi. since i just got through reading eric's history reconstruction, i would be gravely in error to know that. >> we need more people called hiram in politics. >> i agree. >> kevin, don't you think -- i almost said don't you think i'm right about something. i caught myself midway through. >> it has a retorqual gap. >> this sort of -- like shouldn't a massachusetts democrat vote for elizabeth war...

Giveaways to the interests. i think that's probably worth addressing. >> christie, i'd like you to respond. the farm bill is one thing that didn't get done. there is a lot of critiques that it was put together. does it end up benefitting the people or car gil and monsanto. >> i think the senate did a good job there. this is one of the only successes i think this year that they created a farm bill that was acceptable to a lot of people but the house was not able to pass the farm bill. i'm wearing my farmville now button. basically all of the people in my delegation, including senator chuck gras...

Spending or weather they are necessary to get ready to go. you can't always fly commercially. >> have you ever flown privately >> only when sean hannity allowed me on his plane. i think michael is doing a good job. finally they appoint a black guy as the head of the republican party. the. they have had maybe three in the last 30, 40 years. the last black republican in the house was j.c. watts. they haven't had a senator since edward brook. megyn: bottom line much ado about nothing? >> i think so. megyn: schools are facing the possibility of removing bathroom