Christie Plays It Safe on Confederate Flag

Gov. Chris Christie (R), “who often portrays himself as a bold, decisive leader willing to take political risks, took a stand on Tuesday on the South Carolina Confederate flag flap,” the Bergen Record reports.

“Christie is one of the last 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls to endorse Haley’s call for taking down the flag… Christie’s delay is startling on a number of fronts. Developments late last week and into the weekend seemed to present Christie — a politician with a keen sense of timing and one who cultivated relations with African-American leaders in his reelection campaign — a ripe opportunity to seize the initiative.”