My new column on Jon Huntsman, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio for The Week is online. Here is an excerpt:
This is not just a matter of making Republican candidates more electable. It is necessary to improve the quality of the policies that Republicans pursue once in office. If Republicans can be trusted to end conflicts or manage them competently rather than recklessly start them, they will eventually be able to undo much of the damage they did to themselves with the Iraq war. Until Republicans begin making credible efforts to repair that damage, a majority will be wary of trusting them with the presidency.
Andrew 
Nonetheless, Huntsman and Paul are the exceptions among national Republicans, and it is far easier to find rising stars in the party espousing many of the same failed policies of the previous administration. The most prominent and popular of these, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, has shown no interest in changing his mind about the need for an extremely activist and interventionist U.S. role in the world.
The question here is not Rubio’s “changing” of his mind, the question is–does he have a clue about the foreign policy. Something tells me he does not and I doubt he will, even when serving on Foreign Relations Committee. Being informed and to know are two very different things. Well, another lawyer and professional prosti…cough…I mean politician with hefty rhetoric about….all those things which everybody loves to hear and feel good about;-)