http://www.northcoastblog.com Fri, 16 May 2008 20:17:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Peggy Noonan blasts today’s pathetic Republican Party. She’s not saying anything new. She just has a way with words, and her essay sums up the problems nicely. These problems, however, have been apparent for years, and even Peggy has been late to the party. In Kansas in 2006, old Republicans bolted ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/16/pity-party/ The fall campaign is underway. Getting Edwards to endorse has less to do with wrapping up the nomination and more to do with uniting the party for the general election. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/15/edwards-endorses-obama/ Hillary Clinton won big tonight in West Virginia, demonstrating the Obama has plenty of work to do in that part of the country, but she knows it’s over. She argued her case again tonight, but she gave a very classy and gracious speech. She will play this out, at least ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/13/hillary-gives-a-classy-speech/ This will help McCain minimize the damage done by his enthusiastic courting of Hagee in getting his endorsement. Bill Donahue has accepted the endorsement, clearing the way for him to support McCain in the fall. Democrats will still bring this up, especially if McCain raises the Wright issue, but this ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/13/hagee-apologizes-to-catholics/ This is hilarious! Check out more international ads using Bush. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/13/our-president/ Classic quote from a voter in West Virginia: Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican. “I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/11/west-virginia-stuck-in-1955/ Vulgar and cynical. It’s amazing how low Hillary will go. She will go down as one of the most classless politicians in American history. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/09/peggy-noonan-on-hillary/ Obama is gearing up for the fall, as he goes after McCain regarding Hamas. Obama said he was offended when McCain said last month, “It’s very clear who Hamas wants to be the next president.” “I think it’s disappointing because John McCain always says, ‘Well, I’m not going to run that ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/08/obama-slams-mccain-over-hamas-comment/ Fred Barnes makes a persuasive case. I’m not a big fan of Rendell, but he would deliver Pennsylvania. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/07/rendell-for-vp/ Obama starts the process of party unification in his speech. Hillary makes similar comments, though she took some shots as well. We’ll see what happens after we get the final numbers in Indiana. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/06/obama-wins-big-in-north-carolina/ About 25% of the voting is early voting, and polls suggest these voters went big for Obama. As everyone knows, North Carolina is critical. Obama is supposed to win there, and Hillary’s only real chance is to beat Obama in a state where he is expected to win. She needs to ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/06/early-voting-should-help-obama-in-north-carolina/ John McCain has been flying under the radar as the Democrats grab the headlines, but more news organizations are paying attention to the Hagee story and his anti-Catholic remarks. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/05/newsweek-reports-on-the-hagee-issue/ Both the Senate race and the presidential race are closer than one might expect. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/05/great-news-for-democrats-in-texas/ She won’t listen to economists. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/05/reich-rips-clinton/ This is disgusting. A musician who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval under Washington state law to ease the symptoms of advanced hepatitis C died Thursday. The death of Timothy Garon, 56, at Bailey-Boushay House, an intensive care nursing center was confirmed to The Associated Press ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/02/idiotic-drug-war/ Michael Bloomberg chimes in on the latest pander from Clinton and McCain. Tom Friedman is even tougher on these lame politicians. It is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/01/clintonmccain-gas-tax-plan-dumbest-idea-yet/ Barack Obama will spend more on education, but he stresses that none of this will matter if parents don’t do their job of parenting. Far left liberals do not speak about personal responsibility like this. Those who want to paint him as an extreme liberal will be very disapppointed. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/05/01/obama-stresses-parenting-and-personal-responsibility/ Obama is clearly angry, frustrated and disappointed by Wright’s performance before the National Press Club. http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/04/29/video-of-barack-obamas-news-conference/ Barack Obama didn’t mince any words today, going after Wright’s recent “ridiculous” remarks, and also taking questions. The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago. His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/04/29/obama-goes-after-reverend-wright/ In a recent foreign policy speach, John McCain advocated kicking Russia out of the G8. He also stated that India and Brazil should be included, but not China. Now, I understand that Russia is moving away from democracy and that is a problem, but expelling them from the G8 is ridiculous. Fareed ... http://www.northcoastblog.com/2008/04/27/mccains-really-dumb-idea/