pennlive.com - 12/1/2008
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'Hardball' host still testing waters for 2010 Senate run Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC's "Hardball," isn't ready to say he's running for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, but he continues to talk with top Democrats about the possibility. Matthews met with state Democratic Party officials ...
Matthews Still Mulling Senate Run
politicalwire.com 11/28/2008 — 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 ...
Chris Matthews Senate Run Confirmed: Report
huffingtonpost.com 11/28/2008 — 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 ...
Matthews Denies Report
fivethirtyeight.com 11/28/2008 — Chris Matthews flatly denied our report indicating his active hiring for the Pennsylvania Senate seat currently held by Arlen Specter. "It is absolutely not true," said Matthews, in a statement.
Matthews Hiring Staff To Run Against Specter?
firedoglake.com 11/28/2008 —
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 ...
Chris Matthews Denies Staffing Up For Possible 2010 Senate Bid
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/30/2008 — Chris Matthews is denying reports that he's recruiting staffers from the Obama campaign for a possible race for Senator from Pennsylvania in 2010.
"It is absolutely not true," Matthews said in a statement posted on FiveThirtyEight.com. Matthews ...
Specter Prepared for 2010 if Opponent is Chris Matthews or Not
blogs.abcnews.com 11/30/2008 — ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Penn., declined to comment on reports that MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews is considering launching a bid for his U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Whether Matthews enters the fray or not, Specter told...
Chris Matthews still eyeing Senate race
washingtonmonthly.com 12/4/2008 — 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 ...
Poll: Chris Matthews Only Trailing By Three Points In Possible Senate Bid
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/4/2008 — Hmm, maybe Chris Matthews does have a chance at getting elected Senator from Pennsylvania!
The new Rasmussen poll of Pennsylvania finds that GOP Sen. Arlen Specter has a bare three-point lead over the Hardball host among likely voters, 46%-43%, ...
Chris Matthews Insult to Pennsylvania Voters
openleft.com 12/4/2008 — Having grown up in Pennsylvania, I just want to say I really hope Chris Matthews runs for Senate, and is obliterated in a Democratic primary. The sense of entitlement that this blowhard personifies is truly stunning. He's spent his entire life as a ...
David Sirota: Chris Matthews' Insult to Pennsylvania Voters
huffingtonpost.com 12/4/2008 — 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 ...
Let’s Play Hardball —
RedState: Conservative News and Community
Chris Matthews for Senate? I have some questions about the idea . I don’t know if they will be answered; Matthews seems too much in love with himself to bother explaining why he ought to be a Senator. With any luck, that will be his undoing, though I am sure he counts on his celebrity ...
Let’s Play Hardball —
RedState: Conservative News and Community
Chris Matthews for Senate? I have some questions about the idea . I don’t know if they will be answered; Matthews seems too much in love with himself to bother explaining why he ought to be a Senator. With any luck, that will be his undoing, though I am sure he counts on his celebrity ...
Specter leads Matthews, 46 to 43 —
Michael Calderone's Blog
Republican Sen. Arlen Specter leads MSNBC host (and potential Senate candidate ) Chris Matthews by just 3 percentage points in a hypothetical matchup, according to a new Rasmussen telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters. As Matthews considers a run, he might be enticed by the close margin of 46 ...
Matthews to the Senate —
Balloon Juice
This is one of those things that has been rumored forever, but I never took any stock in it :
Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania — and is shopping for a house in the state and privately discussing quitting MSNBC as proof of his intense ...
Is Matthews Senate Talk a Ploy? —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
According to Politico , Chris Matthews "is dead serious about running for the Senate in
Pennsylvania -- and shopping for a house in the state and privately
discussing quitting MSNBC as proof of his intense interest, according
to NBC colleagues, political operatives and friends."
"Even so, some ...
Matthews moves toward Senate run —
Michael Calderone's Blog
With rumors flying, Josh Kraushaar and I took a hard look at whether MSNBC's Chris Matthews will run for Senate in Pennsylvania. Multiple sources, who's spoken with him about the possibility, say he's serious about challenging Arlen Specter.
Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for ...
Matthews Still Talking Up Senate Run —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Despite denials, talk show host Chris Matthews is still investigating a possible challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) in 2010, according to Politics PA . "Knowledgeable sources have confirmed that Matthews has discussed a possible run for U.S. Senate with Congressman and Philadelphia ...
Chris Matthews isn't a shoo-in for the Senate —
Betsy's Page
Steve Kornacki argues rather persuasively that Chris Matthews isn't as big a celebrity as he might think he is and wouldn't necessarily win even a primary race for the Democratic perch to oppose Arlen Specter in 2010. Just because political junkies watch Matthews and are quite aware of his ...
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. ...
Ha! —
A Senate seat in 2010? The biggest thing running against Chris Matthews? Chris Matthews. And his mouth. Ha!
Ha! Ha!
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