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Mark Z. Barabak: A snarky comment and presidential apology show our politics don't always have to be lousy

Asa Hutchinson was never going to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, much less the nation's 47th president. In another time, before Donald Trump became the blob that swallowed the Republican Party, the former Arkansas governor would have been, at the least, a serious factor in the contest. His experience — as a Reagan-appointed U.S. attorney, former House member, high-level member of ...
Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks to guests at the third annual MMM Tailgate celebration hosted by U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Oct. 20, 2023, in Iowa City, Iowa. This year's event attracted several of Republican presidential candidates.

Asa Hutchinson was never going to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, much less the nation's 47th president.

In another time, before Donald Trump became the blob that swallowed the Republican Party, the former Arkansas governor would have been, at the least, a serious factor in the contest.

His experience — as a Reagan-appointed U.S. attorney, former House member, high-level member of the George W. Bush administration — was the sort of check-the-box ascent that markedtrial, burnishing his bona fides as a partisan combatant.

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