i think he might have. i call it the ollie north effect. remember in 94 when republicans came surging back? they got the greatest gift at all. they won control without ollie north because ollie north in virginia was the republican nominee and created a 3 1/2 way race. ollie north would have been the face of the republican party in 94. you tell me, joe. that would have been a bigger disaster. ollie north i would have invited ollie down to florida! ollie, can you come down? find the party in way that they wouldn t want it. sharron angle strikes me everybody knows i have been going totally off west side. i would love ollie north! i wouldn t buy that he would be i think but the point is i remember, though, there was a huge battle. john warner is the one that
undercut ollie in 94. he helped the republicans long term and ollie north wasn t the face of the party. again, i don t want to debate ollie north. i would not put sharron angle in ollie north s neighborhood. i think paul has a chance to be a tom coburn which he will be principle and say, look. i think he is going to be more like bernie sanders and tom coburn these principles sort of they will stand there by themselves if they have to the old view of what a u.s. senator represents. i don t think paul is going to be this person that is a complete and utter disaster. you re right about rand paul. when rand paul got in trouble, there was a light touch actually to rand paul. a bit of a deathness. where he came on tv and said, rachel maddow did nothing wrong.
it was a terrible interview. he did it things you don t expect from candidates who set themselves on fire. probably was honest. he came off as very honest and sort of he does not have the charisma of a ollie north excuse me. he put ollie north up there. you had him on every television show. arguing issues a ling wangish, you know? that s different. the conservative base mocked rand paul all during the 2008 primaries. just mocked him, utterly mocked him. the guys all mocked rand paul so he has a long memory. i think the idea that he is somehow part of the same sort of that some democrats can easily be able to paint this guy as this sort of no. we ve been talking about the tea party republicans. let s talk about the other side which is fascinating to me. you look what scott brown is