GOP Hopes Supreme Court Nomination Will Help at the Polls

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Beaufort County Schools are building a new school on the same ground where Eastern Elementary already exists, at a cost of $10,500,000.00 to Beaufort County's Taxpayers. Is this a wise expense of taxpayer dollars at this time?

21.74% Yes, Beaufort County has been awarded a 42 million dollars of grant money from the state of North Carolina (FREE MONEY) to construct school at 3.00 per squ. ft.

67.39% No, this is the wrong time, to build the wrong school, on the wrong placement - its lowest point - of Eastern Elementary's existing location, when community schools work best.

10.87% Why should I care about the public's education?

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GOP Hopes Supreme Court Nomination Will Help at the Polls

Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 7:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation ( More Entries )

Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Mitch Kokai.

James Antle of the Washington Examiner highlights Republicans' hopes for a political boost from the confirmation hearings surrounding Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Republicans are hopeful that this week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will help them turn the page on President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis and other news that has left the party behind in the polls.
"She is a star, and we're confident that will shine through," said a Republican close to the hearings.
"Supreme Court hearings and the fact that Trump is going on the campaign Sutrail can help Republicans create renewed momentum in the final weeks before the election," said GOP strategist Ron Bonjean.
Barrett's turn in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which began Monday, comes as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden faces increasing scrutiny over his refusal to say whether he would support legislation to add more liberal justices by expanding the Supreme Court. A recent Washington Examiner/YouGov poll found the public was opposed to the idea, and reporters have grown irritated with the Democratic ticket's evasiveness when asked about it.
Biden has dismissed court-packing as a Trump-generated distraction. He said last week that voters will "know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over. It's a great question, and I don't blame you for asking it, but you know the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that."
"He's refusing to answer about whether he's going to pack the Supreme Court, upending 150 years of our judicial standards," said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday.
At the same time, a Morning Consult poll found rising support for Barrett's nomination. A plurality backs her confirmation, 46% to 37%, up 9 percentage points from a previous survey. Democratic support is up 10 points to 24%. ...