Longtime Libertarian Party activist Stephen Gordon is blogging from the C-PAC convention in Washington D.C. over at NextRight. Yesterday, Gordon reported on the widely praised Marco Rubio speech.

Among economic issues, the former Florida House speaker Rubio took some time out to talk foreign policy:

“We will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to defeat radical Islam.”

Rubio received a standing ovation for his line about prosecuting terrorists in a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.

In a live interview with Sean Hannity during the event, Rubio also commented:

[I think it's important] that people identify the Republican Party as the party that takes seriously the threat posed to our nation and the world by radical Islam.

As an aside, Gordon also reported on a wisecrack from Rubio to the audience:

The crowd started cheering “Marco, Marco, Marco.” “That cheer always worries me because I’m afraid people are going to start screaming ‘Polo,’” responded Rubio.