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Judge Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as President Donald Trump's overwhelming favorite to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to several people familiar with the deliberations, who say the President's view was solidified during a lengthy meeting at the White House on Monday. Trump has not finalized his decision, and with days to go until he announces his pick on Saturday, his thinking could change. But for now, Barrett -- currently sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago -- is his clear front-runner and is viewed inside the White...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Do we now fear 'men'....more than we fear "God"? ...As I write to you it is clear that we are on the eve of the most important day of our lives. Other 'days' have come before....where men and women of faith, tore their garments and fell prostrate before the One True God of Heaven and implored Him to extend his mighty arm and save our Republic. ....On this eve of 'our crossroad' moment.... join with the millions of humbled believers across 'Our America' and plead with God to save our nation. If evil is...

Schieffer bewildered his audience by suggesting, “There are many parallels to Watergate. But I have to tell you, I think all the way back to the Kennedy assassination, to draw parallels.” The veteran journalist stretched, “I was there, as you know. I have always felt that if Lee Harvey Oswald had been put on trial, a lot of these conspiracy theories that are still circulating today would have been put at rest then.” One can sort of see what Schieffer was aiming for, in relation to dispelling conspiracies about the Russian investigation, but it’s still a bizarre comparison to make.

I was a proud #NeverTrump person during the primaries because there were several far better candidates. Candidates who didn’t have sordid personal lives, who didn’t lie about their opponents, who didn’t change their position on issues every few days, and who weren’t recently hardcore liberals. But now is different than then. Contrary to what some sophists say the election is a binary event; either Hillary or Trump will become the next president. Anyone who denies that is living in fantasyland. Hence the question is no longer “Is Trump the sort of man we want to be president?” but instead the...

There are only a few days left for Republican bed-wetters to stop Donald Trump from steamrolling his way to the presidential nomination via Florida and Ohio, and if Thursday night’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate is any indication, it’s not gonna happen. There was one moment that went largely unnoticed, though, and it perfectly demonstrates why he’s winning. It came about an hour into the debate, as Ted Cruz was launching into one of his patented Eighth-Grader-Reciting-His-Book-Report-As-Though-It’s-A-Shakespeare-Sonnet routines about how ideologically immune he is to special interests, a linchpin of his appeal, when Trump casually destroyed him. The key here is...

Carly Fiorina's illegal dealings with Iran, during her tenure as CEO of HP, were exposed in the Boston Globe. which broke the story that Hewlett Packard had been selling its printers in Iran through a subsidiary company in Dubai, despite the fact that a trade embargo had been in place against the Iranian regime since 1997. The sales were halted shortly after the business dealings were published by the Globe. Texas GOP: Fiorina claimed no knowledge that the approximately $100 million of sales through the subsidiary were coming from Iran, despite having been HP CEO (since 2000) while it was...

31st Annual Statesmen’s Dinner 2007 Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey, Dinner Chairman Bob Davis, Jr., Party Chairman Pete DeLay, Finance Chairman Request the Pleasure of Your Company at the 2007 Statesmen’s Dinner, Leading by Conviction  Keynote Speaker The Honorable Mitt Romney  With Special Guests U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker and Congressmen Marsha Blackburn, David Davis, Jimmy Duncan and Zach Wamp Saturday, June 2, 2007 Gaylord Opryland Hotel Delta Ballroom Nashville, Tennessee Chairman’s Circle Roundtable 5:20 p.m. Leadership Forum/Table Host Reception 5:30 p.m. DoorsOpen/General Reception 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Reply Card Enclosed Additional Information Contact Thomsen Smith (615) 269-4260 ext....

The 2008 presidential election may seem light years away. But when it comes to who will be the Republican and Democratic nominees, the race will be decided in less than nine months. Georgia, along with several populous states, has moved its presidential primary to early next winter. By Feb. 5, 2008, we will likely know who will win the Republican nomination for president. With two GOP presidential debates behind us, including one in South Carolina this week, only one candidate has emerged for conservative principles of cutting taxes and reducing the size of government. He is former governor Mitt Romney...