huffingtonpost.com - 12/4/2008
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Having grown up outside of Philadelphia, I just want to say I really hope Chris Matthews runs for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and is humiliatingly obliterated in a Democratic primary (preferably by a good progressive like, for instance, former Rep. Joe Hoeffel).* The sense of entitlement ...
rasmussenreports.com - 12/4/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
Republican Senator Arlen Specter is potentially vulnerable in
his 2010 bid for re-election. A Rasmussen Reports telephone
survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Specter leading MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews by just three percentage points, 46% to 43%, in ...
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Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate Election
politico.com - 12/4/2008
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politico.com —
Staging publicity-seeking stunts with contract negotiations on the
horizon isn t an uncommon practice. And strategic leaks
and disinformation remain part of the game when it comes to hammering out multimillion-dollar deals in the public eye. Just as ...
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Matthews advised to quit MSNBC - Michael Calderone and ...
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Chris Matthews sets example other partisan journalists should follow
Sister Toldjah —
... on the poll numbers. And at least one prominent liberal - columnist David Sirota - thinks Matthews is insulting the intelligence of Pennsylvanians with his desire to represent them in the Senate. He actually makes a somewhat decent argument in a couple of the paragraphs he wrote. On the other hand, he supports Al Franken’s Senate candidacy in MN. Go figure … ...
'The Sense of Entitlement That This Blowhard Personifies is Truly Stunning'
JammieWearingFool —
It's not every day I agree with a HuffPoster. In fact it's very rare. But I must say this item from David Sirota really nails that pompous buffoon Chris Matthews. Having grown up outside of Philadelphia, I just want to say I really hope Chris Matthews runs for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, and is humiliatingly obliterated in a Democratic primary (preferably by a good progressive like, for instance, former Rep. Joe Hoeffel).* The sense of entitlement that this blowhard personifies is truly stunning. He's spent his entire life as a principle-free political gossip in ...
Palin's Gun Pin Up
Taylor Marsh —
... Another conservative calendar? You betcha. First we had wingnuts in minks, now this.
Oh, and as far as Chris Matthews running for Senate is concerned, he could have some steep competition. Rep. Patrick Murphy is considering a run, too.
For all you gun enthusiasts, the latest on pilots’ holster locks is frightening.
...and on torture, both Feinstein and Wyden have issued further statements after receiving heat today. Via Glenn, Feinstein’s latest statement: ...
Say What?
Balloon Juice —
... I generally agree with pretty much everything David Sirota says about Chris Matthews running for the Senate. Specifically, I agree with him that I hate people that think they are entitled to a Senate seat due to their celebrity, and I hate people “parachuting” into places (like New York, for example) and claiming a Senate seat because they think it is their, and I agree with him that Matthews would be a terrible Senator, but this paragraph just cracked me up: ...
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