president disagrees with him. now paul wears that as badge of honor. his aides insist it's helping boost his popularity in states like iowa and new hampshire. but here in the first primary state of the south south carolina wolf this is obviously rich with military traditions and the kind of do whatever it takes mentality seems to be a more resonant. and people like lindsey graham are pushing that. >> thanks very much dana for all of that. joining us gloria borger our senior political correspondent brianna keilar and new york washington correspondent and cnn political commentator ryan lizza. how does lindsey graham's formal entry into the race sort of shake up this republican contest? >> well it does. talk about great timing for a muscular foreign policy candidate as dana describes him. you have the nsa surveillance debate. you have the iran nuclear talks. you have the question of isis looming over the country.