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Heres why Liberty University has become a pilgrimage site for GOP candidates

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The marriage of conservative religion and politics at Liberty University has always been transparent. When Religious Right icon Jerry Falwell founded the school in 1971, its statement of purposecalled for commitment to a Christian worldview that includes Creationism, political conservatism and a firm support for Americas economic system of free enterprise.

The clarity worked. Since Ronald Reagan, Republican leaders have been making the pilgrimage to the mountains of central Virginia to speak at Liberty, which boomed under Falwell and his ability to draw evangelicals out of their churches and into public and political life.

But the cachet of appearing at Liberty has grown even more in the past decade as the school has exploded in size, financial resources and in its presence in places like Capitol Hill, where its alumni are now a familiar sight. Almost every single GOP presidential contender in recent years has spoken at Liberty, usually at its massive thrice-weekly chapel, which is held in a 12,000-seat sports arena and also watched by thousands of its 95,000 on-line students. It is the worlds largest Christian university with nearly 110,000 students.

But Ted Cruzs announcement Monday was the first time a candidate has actually unveiled their run for president at Liberty, solidifying it further as the symbolic hub of conservative Christianity.

Liberty has become to the academy what Fox News is to the media, said Johnnie Moore, an author, pastor and a former senior vice president at Liberty, where he was responsible for organizing the chapel sessions, called convocations. Appearances by more centrist GOP candidates John McCain (in 2006) and Mitt Romney (in 2012) helped establish its place, he said. No one was talking anymore about whether Liberty was the heart of conservatism. It became an institution that, whether you liked it or not, everyone in America has to pay attention to.

Liberty exemplifies in some ways the journey of conservative evangelicals in public life.

Just in the last decade it has created a law school, a medical school, an engineering school and has gone from $30 million in debt when Falwell died in 2007 to having $1.2 billion in cash reserves, buoyed by its on-line students. Libertys convocation is a must-stop not only for candidates but is also popular with well-known athletes, actors, political movers and shakers and megapastors who typically speak about religions essential role in public life. At a time when its common to hear about the death of the Religious Right, Libertysdaily existence pushes back, an argument for the success and relevance of conservative evangelical Christianity.

Yet some feel evangelical political power is still a work in progress. While half of GOP primary voters are evangelical, according to states with exit polls, the candidate they pick hasnt been selected as the nominee since George W. Bush, and no leader since Falwell has been able to assemble coalitions of such impact. Evangelicals are also somewhat more divided on some of the core issues that united them in Falwells day including issues of human sexuality and church-state relations.

To a group of Americans who wonder if their way of life is sustainable, Liberty is a promise that evangelicals can still thrive in the United States. Everywhere else you see churches with empty pews or Christian organizations that are bankrupt, said Liberty graduate Jonathan Merritt, son of a pastpresident of the Southern Baptist Convention and author of a book criticizing aspects of conservative evangelical culture. Liberty embodies a hope that a lot of conservative evangelicals need right now.

Merritt believes that part of the appeal of Liberty for a candidate looking to announce themselves to religious conservatives is that there arent other obvious options.

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Liberty beats Lake Washington with goal on games final play

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RENTON The match had tie written all over it. That is until sophomore forward Ethan Diaz got one final touch for the Liberty of Issaquah boys soccer team.

Diaz was in the right place as time was expiring in the second overtime when teammate Tyler Jensens corner kick caromed into his path in the 90th minute.

Diaz delivered by wheeling and firing in a shot from inside 15 yards through a crowd to beat the clock and lift Liberty, ranked No. 5 in Class 2A, to a 1-0 double-overtime win over Lake Washington on Tuesday night in a KingCo 3A/2A match.

I didnt even think about (time) and I just brought it down and shot it into the net, Diaz said. The other team headed it right to me, and just took a punch at it. Im lucky that it landed at my feet. Im overjoyed.

Liberty (2-1-1) snatched victory just seconds after the referees stopwatch beeped, meaning it was his discretion on time remaining and allowing another play. Turns out that one play on the corner kick from the left side was the difference.

I feel like we competed all night and giving up a late one like that really hurts, but theres so many positives about tonight, said Lake Washington coach Rod Smith, whose team dropped to 2-2. That stings. I heard the refs watch going off as (Liberty) was going up for the corner (kick).

The Kangaroos went 2-9-2 and finished last of eight teams in KingCo 3A/2A a year ago. Tuesdays effort against traditionally strong Liberty signals the Kangs are much improved this spring.

As long as we work and execute as weve prepared, I feel like we can hang with anybody, Smith said. I think we can compete with anybody in the conference this year.

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The Fix: The 2016 GOP presidential race, broken down into 5 lanes

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Ted Cruz, we argued in February, is the most underrated candidate in the 2016 field -- for the simple reason that he can make a strong play for solo ownership of theTea Party "lane" of the primary electorate. If Cruz can carve out enough consistent votes from that group to stick around a while, we argued, his overall support could snowball as other candidates drop out. Other candidates, the theory goes, are in other, more crowded lanes in which they could split up the vote: Jeb Bush in the moderate/establishment lane along with a few others, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee in the Evangelical lane (which Cruz made a play for on Monday as well), etc.

But how big are those lanes? And who's dominating in which lane? Let's say there are five lanes:

We can dispatch with the last one first; there simply isn't a lot of reliable recent polling on the overlap of Republicans and libertarian philosophy. In 2013, the Public Religion Research Institute estimated that 22 percent of Americans are consistently or broadly libertarian, 43 percent of whom identify with Republicans.

One can also estimate the width of the Libertarian lane by looking at who turned out in New Hampshire in 2012. According to exit polling, 31 percent of voters indicated that they were moderate on social issues and conservative on fiscal ones, fitting the general profile of a libertarian-leaning Republican. But that's New Hampshire, whichis arguably one of the most libertarian states in the country ("Live Free or Die," etc.).

In 2012, libertarian-Republican Ron Paul vacuumed up 10.7 percent of the overall primary vote, though some of that came after the nomination was settled. That mightbe the size of the electorate, but it also likely answers another question: Who can count on that support. Here's a hint: His last name rhymes with "Paul" ... in the sense that it is "Paul."

As for the other four, we can't talk about them without pointing out that our analogy has a rather large flaw. We develop these lanes as a rhetorical device, but the lines between the lanes are not clear. A certain percentage of the party identifies as a supporter of the Tea Party and is also evangelical. It is likely also Very Conservative. Where does that support lie? With that in mind, let's do our best to draw lines as clearly as possible.

Tea Party. Since its emergence in 2010, the number of Americans that identify with the Tea Party has slipped downward, according to Gallup. But it's still robust within the Republican Party. In the 2012 primaries, Tea Party supporters averaged about 61 percent of the electorate in key states according to exit polls. In a poll from Quinnipiac University earlier this month, Tea Party supporters comprised a smaller part of the electorate, at 22 percent.

(A note on the polling: Pollsters often weight polls according to turnout expectations, making this figure less reliable. Polls don't always get that right; actual turnout can vary from expectations, making the 2012 exits more reliable. We're including the one from Quinnipiac because it gauges current support.)

Evangelicals. We looked at this on Monday in the wake of Cruz's announcement. Voters calling themselves Evangelical have been about 25 percent of the general electorate consistently since 2004 in exit polls. In key 2012 Republican primaries, the figure was higher, at nearly 50 percent. Among Quinnipiac respondents, the number was 38 percent.

Moderate/Establishment. In 2012 primary states, 33 percent of the Republican electorate called itself moderate or liberal. Among Quinnipiac respondents, moderate/liberal Republicans were 34 percent of respondents.

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