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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? that's kind of a bank shot for democrats. i'm not sure it will help them that much. >> let's play that out one step further. you could say the tea party candidates aren't likely to win primaries, but in a sort of roundabout way the tea party is winning the primaries because establishm...

For the past several months rand paul has been laying the groundwork for a 2016 run. today, though, it was reported that he's scheduled to speak at iowa's republican state convention in june, a major development for him, and then he's 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 still populated by many people who worked in and around the george w. bush white house, and many of t...

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 managed to squander them all by choosing some one who was fundamentally out of step with the virginia...

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 the kind of obstruction that took place in washington. we're saying lets stay with the mainstream ca...

Him. >> no doubt about it. he definitely -- there's 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. what's most fascinating about this, and most revealing about this, is how people who are closest to rand paul, are so actively engaged already in his 2016 rupp for president. this is a guy -- and you know, we've all heard the old ...