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MANCHESTER, N.H. Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said the government isnt taking Ebola as seriously as it should be while stumping today in New Hampshire for Scott Brown.

Paul addressed supporters at Browns campaign headquarters in Manchester, saying he was lending his support to the former Bay State senator in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen so Republicans can secure a majority in the Senate.

He faulted the Obama administration for its handling of Ebola fears.

I think claiming that we know everything about it or claiming that its not very transmissible is a mistake, Paul told the Herald. The government was telling us, Oh it takes direct bodily fluid contact. Well, they then say that direct contact is standing 3 feet from someone. Most people dont think that thats direct contact.

Brentwood, N.H., resident Lois Deyoung, 68, who attended the event, agrees.

I have a serious fear about it, Deyoung said. This Ebola one frightens me because the presidents not willing to shut down the borders.

Rand wouldnt go as far as shutting down the borders, but he said they do need to be more secure. He said the administration should consider halting flights to and from West Africa.

I think that theyve been so concerned about not hurting anybodys feelings that they really havent treated this as seriously as they could, Paul said. We could still give humanitarian aid, stuff going over there but I think if youre coming here to visit your cousin, your aunt, your uncle, it could wait a couple months, and it could be less likely then.

But Harvard Global Health Institute Director Ashish Jha said thats unrealistic.

I think its a good idea until you really think about it, Jha said. People going to Liberia with American ties, theyll go through a third country. Theyll lie, and theyll come back in with Ebola, and well have no idea.

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Sen. Rand Paul tells POLITICO that the Republican presidential candidate in 2016 could capture one-third or more of the African-American vote by pushing criminal-justice reform, school choice and economic empowerment.

If Republicans have a clue and do this and go out and ask every African-American for their vote, I think we can transform an election in one cycle, the Kentucky Republican said in a phone interview Thursday as he was driven through New Hampshire in a rental car.

Paul on the cover of the new issue of Time as The Most Interesting Man in Politics met with black leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, last week; opened a GOP engagement office in an African-American area of Louisville in June; and spoke the next month to a National Urban League convention in Cincinnati.

(Also on POLITICO: Rand Paul meets with black leaders in Ferguson)

That doesnt mean that we get to a majority of African-American votes in one cycle, Paul continued, speaking between campaign stops in Plymouth and Salem. But I think there is fully a third of the African-American vote that is open to much of the message, because much of what the Democrats has offered hasnt worked.

Exit polls showed the GOPs share of the African-American vote in the past six presidential elections ranged from 4 percent for John McCain in 2008 to 12 percent for Bob Dole in 1996, according to the Roper Center. Mitt Romney got 6 percent in 2012.

When pressed on his ambitious goal, Paul upped the ante: I dont want to limit it to that. I dont want to say theres only a third open. The reason I use the number a third, is that when you do surveys of African-American voters, a third of them are conservative on a preponderance of the issues. So, there is upside potential.

As I travel and I go and meet with African-American leaders they may not be ready to embrace a Republican yet, Paul added. But they say that theyre very happy that were competing for their vote. And they often tell me, You know what? I havent seen my Democrat representative in a while.

(VIDEO: CDC chief: 'Porous' borders in Africa would undermine travel ban)

Paul said that if Republicans win the Senate majority next month and his fellow Kentucky senator, Mitch McConnell, becomes majority leader, the Senate should quickly pass a flurry of bills to put Obama on the spot.

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says the 2016 Republican presidential nominee could capture one-third or more of the black vote by pushing the right issues.

If Republicans have a clue and do this and go out and ask every African-American for their vote, I think we can transform an election in one cycle, the likely 2016 contender told Politico.

Mr. Paul has made overtures to the African-American community by recently meeting with black leaders in Ferguson, Missouri, for example, and helping Republicans open up minority outreach offices in various cities.

The senator said he doesnt want to put a ceiling on a targeted percentage, but that by hitting on issues like school choice, criminal justice reform and the economy, there are voters out there who are at least open to being persuaded.

The reason I use the number a third, is that when you do surveys of African-American voters, a third of them are conservative on a preponderance of the issues. So, there is upside potential, Mr. Paul said. As I travel and I go and meet with African-American leaders they may not be ready to embrace a Republican yet. But they say that theyre very happy that were competing for their vote. And they often tell me, You know what? I havent seen my Democrat representative in a while.

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