I will not be attending this year’s convention, nor any Republican convention in the future, until the party focuses on a bigger, bolder, more confident future for the United States — a future based on problem solving, inclusiveness, and a willingness to address the trust deficit, which is every bit as corrosive as our fiscal and economic deficits… I encourage a return to the party we have been in the past, from Lincoln right on through to Reagan, that was always willing to put our country before politics.

— Former primary candidate Jon Huntsman, telling the Salt Lake Tribune why he’s not going to Tampa.