Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush is walking the tightrope on Indiana's new license-to-discriminate law. The former Florida governor, who famously doesn't want to lose the general election through the extreme things he says to win the Republican primary, isn't quiiiite flip-flopping, he's just ... striking a different tone and emphasizing different things depending on his audience.
Talking to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Bush was all "I think Governor Pence has done the right thing [...] I think once the facts are established, people aren’t going to see this as discriminatory at all."
Talking to an audience of Silicon Valley donors, Bush said "The better approach would have been the approach that is the more consensus-oriented approach I think," and only then mentioned Pence, hedging that call for a "more consensus-oriented approach" by saying "I’m not being critical of Mike Pence because I did say that I supported his efforts." Well ... if you want to debate what the meaning of "critical" is, you can do that, but it seems at least a little critical.
Bush then went on to explain what he thought was acceptable discrimination and unacceptable discrimination, and it may not surprise you to learn that weddings featured prominently:
"But I do fear that certain freedoms that historically have been part of our DNA as a country now are being challenged and I don’t think it’s appropriate. I do think if you’re a florist and you don’t want to participate in the arrangement of a wedding, you shouldn’t have to be obliged to do that if it goes against your faith because you believe in traditional marriage. Likewise if someone walked into a flower shop as a gay couple and said I want to buy all these off the rack, these flowers, they should have every right to do it. That would be discrimination. But forcing someone to participate in a wedding is not discrimination; it is I think protecting the first amendment right."
In short, Jeb Bush is for discrimination legislation by consensus, and thinks discrimination in stores is bad but discrimination in the provision of services for weddings is fine. Gosh, that doesn't seem at all like a politician trying to have it both ways.