welch. [applause] he is the host of talkers magazine's top ten political talk shows reaching an audience of 4.7 million and a best selling author. from the salem radio network, please welcome michaelved. [applause] and finally, he's president and founder of students for liberty with now over 1200 local groups. last year he led 40 conferences on five continents for 5,000 students, and in his spare time he's a graduate student at george washington university. please welcome alexander mccobin. [applause] hey, am i alex trebek or what? this is great. [laughter] if you want to join the conversation, @cpacnews, hash tag minnery panel. all right, alexander, the first question to you. you heard my introduction, and tell me what i got wrong here. [laughter] >> so thank you for that introduction. i do think the question even started off on a false premise that all libertarians are associated with the libertarian party. that's not the case. you can be a libertarian and not be a libertarian party member or not be a libertine. libertarianism doesn't require someone to adopt certain policy positions or a particular justification for political philosophy. you're able to be a republican, a democr