re: #250 Jay C

In general I’d agree with you, but Jon Huntsman isn’t the usual run-of-the-cesspool hack Trump liked to promote: he’s your Classic Old-School Establishment Republican, with (an oddity these days) both electoral and diplomatic experience. If you want to get an opinion on Russia from a former Ambassador to the place, Huntsman is probably as good as you can get: though what this “end the war in a day” nonsense is beats me (can’t play the video)….

Have to say I had forgotten about Huntsman. If the Republicans wanted to show they had rejoined the real world and become a decent party, Huntsman would make an excellent candidate for President. Huntsman was Obama’s ambassador to China — and I recall speculation at that time that Obama appointed him to prevent him from being the GOP candidate against him in 2012. He would pose a real challenge to Biden in 2024.