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On the recordJanuary 19, 2010
Scott Brown, I think, won -- and he said so -- mostly because he was an outsider criticizing the establishment.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala explains Scott Brown's victory as a result of his outsider status and criticism of the political establishment.

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