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Senator let me ask you about the liberty agenda. Where do you think that can reach a majority of the country or just a plurality enough to get you the nomination. You know we think that the message we have is very attractive to college students . We're going to work hard to get the largest turnout of college students ever. We think our message is attractive to independents. They're allowed to vote here. We also think our message is attracted to the Liberty part the Liberty Maine Republican Party. We think it's enough to win. I don't know what to tell you how many votes we get but we do it's enough to win. And that is our plan is to win. You've been talking for a long time about sentencing reform and about prison reform. Is that a message you think is catching on that people are learning more about it and engaging in it since for most Americans it doesn't affect them directly. I think you'd be surprised. I think you'd be surprised that much of the audience to say oh well you know I thought about that. But it's a different issue that nobody else is talking about. Chuck Grassley from their state gets 64 percent of the vote. He's a lead sponsor now on the sentencing reform sort of thing it's a detrimental part of my message and I think you know I do think it's an asset. What about your foreign policy views which I know you think in some ways have been mischaracterized but you do have a distinctive view with the nomination fight. Do you feel that is something that's catching on when you ask Iowa voters There've been public polls asking Iowa voters whether they believe that we should be more involved and more or less. Actually it's about 50/50. So we think it's a much bigger segment of the population than others have estimated. If you were commander in chief to speak in two because if you were commander in chief and they think that the Pentagon said we need to send troops someplace that protect American interests would that sway you would obey the Constitution and I would ask for permission. The Founding Fathers gave the power to declare and initiate war to Congress not to the president. This is something many modern presidents have ignored including President Obama. I think he's wrong if he wants to go to war. He has to ask permission from the last question. Do you think you're getting better as a candidate or your skills getting better or is this the Rand Paul that voters are going to see come January in February. I think we're doing quite well connecting with audiences our crowds have gotten bigger and I'm talking about your skills as a candidate. I think if you look at evidence of who comes and how many people come Our crowds are larger and larger and more enthusiastic .