Rand Paul Wants a More Libertarian GOP

Warns that the party risks permanent minority status if it doesn't change

Sen. Rand Paul said on Sunday that he will make a decision on a 2016 presidential run within two years and plans to be a force in the refashioning the Republican Party regardless of whether he seeks the Oval Office. …

"So we think a little more of a libertarian Republican, someone who is a strict constitutionalist but also believes in a strong, defensive military but not necessarily in an overly aggressive or bellicose let's get involved in everybody's civil war military, I think that has more appeal to independents and some people who have given up in the Republican Party," Paul said.