so, where does the republican party stand on the issue of ukraine and vladir putin? we might well find out this week the party is heading to 0ralando the party is heading to orlando for the annual cpac event. no prizes for guessing who is the keynote speaker on saturday? it is the former president, who still has an iron grip on the party, although the problems are piling up. we ll discuss in a moment. traditionally, the republicans have been pretty tough on russia, indeed many of them still are. think of ronald reagan. lindsay graham wants the toughest sanctions applied now. house minority leader kevin mccarthy has already called joe biden s ukraine policy too wea k . but the base, reflects the softer approach that was often but the base reflects the softer approach that was often displayed by donald trump. and you now have an array of conservative talking heads, like tucker carlson on fox news, that have asked we would share care about ukraine. he repeats many of president putin s