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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Matthews Still Mulling Senate Run
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed: Chris Matthews Senate Run Confirmed: Report
Political Animal: Matthews taking Senate run seriously
Firedoglake: Matthews Hiring Staff To Run Against Specter?
Michael Calderone's Blog: Report: Matthews staffing for Senate run
Matthews Still Mulling Senate Run
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The Los Angeles Times reports television talk show host Chris Matthews "has been toying with" a U.S. Senate run in Pennsylvania for months, "and this
week he sat down with state Democrats to discuss the prospect of taking
on" Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) in 2010. "Matthews, 62, who didn't respond to a request for comment, has
dismissed questions about a run in recent months as he lays the
groundwork behind the scenes. His contract with MSNBC expires in June." FiveThirtyEight reports Matthews is negotiating with Obama campaign staff to enlist in his ...
Chris Matthews Senate Run Confirmed: Report
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
FiveThirtyEight's Sean Quinn reports that MSNBC host Chris Matthews is, in fact, running for Senate in Pennsylvania:
Chris Matthews is in.
FiveThirtyEight has been hearing this for some time, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng to confirm.
According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O'Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews will run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. ...
Matthews taking Senate run seriously
Political Animal —
... the other day that Chris Matthews, the MSNBC "Hardball" host and a former Capitol Hill Democratic staffer, sat down with Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania earlier this week to "discuss the prospect" of a Senate campaign. This has been the subject of speculation for months -- Matthews even conceded interest during a "Colbert Report" appearance a few months ago -- and FiveThirtyEight reports that the MSNBC host appears to be increasingly serious about challenging Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in 2010. Chris Matthews, it appears, is in. FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time ...
Matthews Hiring Staff To Run Against Specter?
Firedoglake —
... That's the rumor anyway, says Nate Silver.
Polling puts Specter ahead by quite a bit in the polls, but that's probably not going to be Matthews' biggest problem.
With the Democrats just shy of 60 votes in the Senate needed to prevent a filibuster, Specter is in position to be a key vote in the passage of critical legislation. He'll be able to barter his cloture vote for, say, Employee Free Choice or Healthcare in exchange for the the support of key Democratic constituencies that Matthews would need to win in that state.
There were ...
Report: Matthews staffing for Senate run
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... that Chris Matthews will make a run for Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2010 hit a new level today, as FiveThirtyEight's Sean Quinn reports that Matthews is staffing up. ( ...
Will Chris Matthews Be The Democratic Candidate Against Snarlin' Arlen In PA?
DownWithTyranny! —
... This morning pollster Nat Silver reported that Matthews is staffing up for a run after meeting with Obama operatives who are working on the Jim Martin Senate campaign in Georgia. Political junkies all know who Chris Matthews is, but not that many people have ever even heard of MSNBC, let alone Matthews, to give him some kind of advantage in an election. In fact, early polling-- basically a measure of familiarity-- shows that the far better known ...
Good news: Chris Matthews hiring campaign staff for Senate run in Pennsylvania
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The wages of Franken. FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time that Matthews is serious about running for the United States Senate, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng to confirm. According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O’Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews is likely to run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. Matthews, 62, would run as a Democrat. A Quinnipiac poll in August put him within ...
Tingling Matthews Staffing Up For Probable Run At Sen. Specter’s Seat In 2010
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Chris Matthews, it appears, is in.
(Five Thirty Eight)
FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time that Matthews is serious about running for the United States Senate, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng to confirm.
According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O’Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews is likely to run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in ...
Conflict of interest?
Stubborn Facts —
... If you're a network - let's say MSNBC - and an anchor for one of your political shows announces that s/he's running for federal office, presumably you are obliged to cut them loose if they don't resign of their own volition. If they are merely considering doing so, as Chris Matthews is reported to be, and, indeed, are staffing up, at what point does the network's ethical obligation to terminate the anchor attach? ...
Chris Matthews to Run for the Senate?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... I had seen, in passing, a ref to Matthews possibly running for the Senate in PA in 2010, but I thought that it was a joke (and I forget where I saw it in any event). However, according to Nate Silver, it isn’t a joke: Chris Matthews Staffing Up for Probable Senate Run in 2010. ...
Ha!
N/A —
A Senate seat in 2010? The biggest thing running against Chris Matthews? Chris Matthews. And his mouth. Ha!
Ha! Ha!
FRIDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... MSNBC's Chris Matthews appears to be gearing up for a 2010 Senate bid, some speculate after sources told one blogger that Matthews is hiring campaign staff. The reason for Vice President-elect Joe Biden's low profile, meanwhile, is debated by others. Multiple sources have told FiveThirtyEight's Sean Quinn that Matthews is staffing up for a 2010 bid to unseat Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the blogger tells readers, noting that Matthews trails Specter in polls on the hypothetical matchup. Matthews's challenge, if he runs, will be to get Pennsylvanians to take him seriously, Hot ...
Tweety may be running for Senate against Specter in 2010
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
That's what Nate hears: Chris Matthews, it appears, is in. FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time that Matthews is serious about running for the United States Senate, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng to confirm. According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O'Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews is likely to run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. Matthews, 62, would run as a ...
Tweety Matthews Mulling Run For PA Senate
TalkLeft —
So says Poblano: According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O'Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews is likely to run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. Matthews, 62, would run as a Democrat. I would strongly oppose a Tweety candidacy for ANY office, including, but not limited to, dog catcher. The man is an embarrassment. Speaking for me only ...
Hullabaloo — ... And then there's Matthews, the man who is sending serious signals that he wants to run for the Senate. As a Democrat. And I've heard some rather unfortunate rumblings that it's not a bad idea since he's really a liberal, he just couldn't show it during the decade he spent sucking up to Republicans on a daily basis for ratings. Underneath it all, he's "one of us." ...
Candidate Chris Continues Dem Suck-Up Campaign
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... MATTHEWS: A brilliant pollster friend of mine [someone Matthews is recruiting for his run?] once said that every great politician has three characteristics: motive—you know why he or she is there—passion, and spontaneity. Well Barack Obama certainly has that third characteristic. Talk about being quick on your feet! Here he is today giving Bill Richardson, his new Commerce Secretary, a ribbing. ...
Chris Matthews still eyeing Senate race
Political Animal —
CHRIS MATTHEWS STILL EYEING SENATE RACE.... Last week, FiveThirtyEight reported that Chris Matthews, the MSNBC "Hardball" host and a former Capitol Hill Democratic staffer, has "negotiated with veteran Obama staffers" about joining his team for a Senate campaign against Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania in 2010. Soon after, Matthews said the report is " ...
