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Its going pretty fast as the president mentioned. he had four interviews today. each is about 45 minutes. he wants to interview about three other people this week. and as you mentioned, he will announce his decision on monday. but lets be clear. he is familiar with all these people because they have been on this list. so the white house and various advisers have been talking about this list and talking about who it might be for quite some time, sahil, you wrote an interesting story today. for th...

Abortion issue to mobilize the religious right, whose support proved critical in trumps 2016 election. the president, who in 2016 promised to pick justices who would overturn roe has an historic opportunity to alter courts ideological balance with a more conservative nominee. but trump may keep in mind where broader public lies ahead of an election where a surge of voter enthusiasm among women is endangering his partys grip on congress. and that is an important point you make, that while public ...

Three other people this week. and as you mentioned, he will announce his decision on monday. but lets be clear. he is familiar with all these people because they have been on this list. so the white house and various advisers have been talking about this list and talking about who it might be for quite some time, sahil, you wrote an interesting story today. for three decades republicans have successfully used the abortion issue to mobilize the religious right, whose support proved critical in tr...

Conservative nominee. >> might this have been a very difficult decision for justice kennedy as well? he went over to the white house. he hand delivered his resignation. but he must have been somewhat contemplative about whether this is the right time. because couldnt his resignation right now, his legacy, also be kind of undercut by who the president appointed or nominated next? >> its a tough call for any judge, whether a supreme court justice or lower court federal judge. theres no perfect tim...

Washington post," lois, politico senior political writer, and democratic pollster fred yang. week three of the general election, this campaign to define romney over the weekend we learned that now, and we saw with david axelrod romneys conservative now and david plouffe calling him the most conservative since barry goldwater. so a slight change in tact here, is it not? >> well, a slight change in tact but i think they think there is a lot that they have to work with because of what romney had to...

Moderation can impell republicans to stay home rather than vote as we saw in the disastrous 2006 and 2008 elections. gop voters are angry at our elected officials for increasing spend, growing entitlements. they repaid them by refusing to vote. conventional wisdom is you cant go with a conservative candidate on the republican side because they wont win the general election but is that argument really turned around? might they do better? might they get more people enthusiastic with a more conserv...

Moderation can impell republicans to stay home rather than vote as we saw in the disastrous 2006 and 2008 elections. gop voters are angry at our elected officials for increasing spend, growing entitlements. they repaid them by refusing to vote. conventional wisdom is you cant go with a conservative candidate on the republican side because they wont win the general election but is that argument really turned around? might they do better? might they get more people enthusiastic with a more conserv...