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Representative Tom Rice (R-SC) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that if the Republicans take the majority in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) would make a “great” Speaker of the House. Rice was one of the ten Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump.

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Fred Thompson coming to Israel Fred Thompson, US presidential hopeful and former star of the hit television series “Law & Order,” is scheduled to make his first visit to Israel in the coming days. Thompson, who is said to have a fair chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination, will meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and various other senior officials during his tour of Israel. Of the dozen or so candidates contesting the nomination, Thompson is among the most supportive of Israel. The former actor, who has also served as a US senator, bucked popular...

Thank you ladies and gentlemen. The reception you have given me and Lynne warms our hearts. The genius of the founding fathers is that they put together a government that can be run by ordinary people. I’m a very ordinary guy, but folks, I have a very extraordinary family. I had a very average tour of duty in the military and didn’t do anything special, but my son, Duncan, quit his job and joined the Marines after 9-11 and served two tours in Iraq. I was a less than average student, but my brothers Bobby and John are world class...

If Rudy Giuliani was really and truly a Republican, the first thing he would have said, after being sworn in as mayor, would have been, "folks, you have some laws here that infringe upon the inalieanable rights of other New Yorkers, and I am going to work to correct this wrong. There may be some things that most of you want, but, you can't have them, if they ignore the rights of even the smallest minority among you"! Rudy never thought of this, he is just another democrat! Our source of freedom is our Republic, God save it, from all...

Dr. Tom Coburn, the plainspoken obstetrician from Muskogee, Okla., was back in Washington briefly last week. Republican senators greeted him with mixed emotions. He is their best hope for keeping an Oklahoma seat Republican in the closely divided Senate. The bad news is, he would be as prickly as he was during his six years in the House (1995-2000). Coburn's problem is that he takes seriously the professed Republican agenda: limited government, entitlement reform and anti-abortion advocacy. He was a rare sincere GOP supporter of term limits, leaving the House after three terms as he promised to do. The result...

<p>Roxane G. Gilmore, first lady of Virginia from 1998 to 2002, is a classics professor fascinated by, among other things, the epic poetry of Homer. She is also a major player in the Jamestown quadricentennial in 2007. But Gilmore is looking to do other things - such as politics.</p>

LIAR, LIAR! LOS ANGELES - Former President Bill Clinton delivered a pro-Democrat message from the pulpit of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church (First AME) in Los Angeles on Sunday morning, in support of embattled incumbent California Governor Gray Davis. The former president, who was impeached for lying under oath about his affair with a White House intern urged blacks to forgive the mistakes Davis “may” have made in handling California’s economy and the 2000 energy crisis, and to vote against the October 7 recall election. Clinton received roaring applause from the predominantly black congregation headed up by the popular...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Jay Blossman presents himself as "the guy who represents change" in the race for Louisiana governor.</p> <p>But when the 38-year-old Republican recently showed up at the state Capitol dressed in a white linen suit to officially throw his hat into the ring, he looked more like some of the state's illustrious old-time politicians.</p>

For immediate release 08/09/02 4:00 p.m. EDT "The Real Republican Slate" launches campaign to replace GOP leadership after 9/10 Maryland Primary ElectionTo: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Augustus Alzona, 301-530-8883 e-mail: ThePatriot@FastMail.FM Press Release Rockville, Maryland - Republican candidates seeking election to the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee have officially joined "The Real Republican Slate" of grassroots conservative activists planning to provide new leadership for both the local and state GOP immediately after the 2002 elections. Note that if ten or more members of this particular slate are elected to the local Republican Central Committee, they will constitute a majority...