Santorum isnt the only one who copped out to the state thing, so did Walker, Huckabee, Perry, Cruz, Jindal, Rubio and even Carson. Kasich said it should be left to the state but if he was voting he would vote to remove. Originally Graham defended the confederate flag saying it was 'part of who we are' in SC, but today (after pressure) he joined the gov in saying it should go. Bush came the closest to saying it should go by pointing out how it was taken down in Florida. Also Pataki called for it to come down (if anyone noticed)
But in the end when you look at the reluctance by many of them to call the attack racially motivated and the reluctance to take a stand on the flag, the GOP field hasn't shown real leadership.
Yep. Santourm doesn't deserve all the heat when the entire Republican 2016 field has looked cowardly this whole week. Even Kasich pussied out a bit by including the obvious qualifier that it's up to South Carolina and undermining the moral clarity of the issue. A pathetic lot.
Kasich said he'd vote to remove it if he were in the SC Senate, the same as every Democrat who's spoken up. The double standards are getting really annoying.
