The Rachel Maddow Show   |  February 08, 2013

Rand Paul accepts tea party mantle

Melissa Harris-Perry notes that Senator Rand Paul will deliver the tea party response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address, a duty previously performed by Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.

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>>> earlier this week we learned that next tuesday, florida senator marco rubio would be delivering the official republican response to president obama 's state of the union address . today the tea party announced its own post-speech presidential nay sayer, kentucky's republican senator rand paul. this is the third such tea party state of the union response. their past two speakers were michele bachmann and herman cain . yep, that's happening on tuesday. happy mardi gras , everybody.