washingtonpost.com - 12/5/2008
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"Hardball" host Chris Matthews, left, with Sen. Barack Obama in West Chester, Pa., in April. Matthews is mulling a Senate run from the state.
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/28/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
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 ...
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Chris Matthews Running For Pennsylvania Senate 2010
mediamatters.org - 11/28/2008
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mediamatters.org —
Chris Matthews, reportedly considering run for PA Senate
seat, repeatedly gushed over PA governor on MSNBC in
2008 This article has video. Thursday, December 4, 2008 Politico contributors, guests on CNN and MSNBC join chorus claiming Clinton will ...
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Chris Matthews to Trade The Talk for The Walk?
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Wash Post's Kurtz looks at how the "Hardball" host actively exploring a run in his native Pennsylvania creates a thorny dilemma for his network MSNBC. ...
Senate Stuff
QandO —
... would reach out to one of the most highly respected public figures in New York, but this is: Sources say Kennedy is considering it, and has not ruled out coming to Washington to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate.Nice to see another hat tip to the "ruling class". Wonder if we’ll hear any claptrap about Ms. Kennedy being the "most qualified" to hold the post or anyone wondering how many better qualified were passed up to tap her? Under the category of "please, please, please do it", we have this: Chris Matthews has always ...
Should he stay or should he go?
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... agreed that once his vague presidential aspirations matured into a serious intention to run, he could no longer be on the air each afternoon bantering back-and-forth about politics with Michael Kinsley.
“Pat handled it with great sensitivity to the situation,” Johnson recalled. “He and I did not have a single heated word about it. I felt that he was acting responsibly.”
The entire piece is here. A few other follow-ups this morning: Howard Kurtz, NY Daily News, and the National Review. Media Matters breaks ...
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