Politics

Rand Paul Calls for Restrained GOP Foreign Policy

More people might vote Republican if they thought it wouldn't necessarily involve war

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Monday that Republicans can win in New England and on the West Coast if they're willing to drop a "we need to bomb everybody tomorrow" foreign policy.

"I think one of the problems we face, as a Republican party, is that we're behind the eight-ball to begin with," Paul said on CBS' "This Morning." "We're not winning the West Coast. We're not winning New England. Maybe we need to embrace more Ron Paul Republicans, more libertarian Republicans. … It means people who are little bit less aggressive on foreign policy. They believe in defending the country, but they don't believe we need to be everywhere all the time."