Romney shows courage, Santorum cops out

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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.

[Likely Voter]

the GOPers have another chance, this time with Mississippi. Amazingly the stars and bars are still part of the official flag which means that it flies everywhere. Imagine being a black school kid and having to see it every day!

So now the Republican speaker of the MS House has said it is time for it to go. Will any GOP 2016ers join in, or will they hide behind 'it is a state issue' again.

BTW, the whole 'it is a state issue' thing is kind of hilarious. These guys weigh in on non Federal government stuff on the time. Huckabee went after Beyonce for gods sake. Where is that in the constitution?

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For Romney this isn't a totally new thing....

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/20/how-mitt-romneys-opposition-to-confederate-flag-just-put-the-current-gop-presidential-candidates-on-the-spot/

BTW, Huckabee defended the flag back then

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/us/politics/18campaign.html?_r=1&

Oh and BTW, Mike Huckabee actually spoke to a conference of the openly racist Conservative Citizens Council (yes the same group that inspired the guy to kill 7 black people in a church last week)

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/us/politics/views-on-race-and-gop-ties-define-group-council-of-conservative-citizens.html