Former Arkansas governor and possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee met with a group of reporters this morning at a hotel outside Washington. The conversation covered a wide range of topics — more on that in a later report — but when asked about 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, Huckabee, who has known both Clintons for a very long time, called her “a policy genius.”

Giving his general impression of the former secretary of state, Huckabee said, “Smart, tough, don’t ever underestimate her. In many ways, she’s a policy genius, but I don’t know if she has that same affable charm that her husband does. But then, who does?”