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Pennsylvania: Chris Matthews

August 12, 2009 - 05:25 pm
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Like fish in a barrel

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

Lawrence O'Donnell is guest hosting for Chris Matthews on Hardball today and he had this woman (beginning of video - "I don't want this country turning into Russia... turning into a socialized country."..."You have awakened a sleeping giant." "What are you going to do to restore this country to what the founders intended according to the Constitution" she says.) on as his guest:

Her name is 'Katy Abram. The apostrophe is not a typo by me -- either it's Hardball's or that's how she spells her name (I'm hoping it's the latter as she did remind me of a none-to-self-aware character in the movie LA Story who as she's writing her name on Steve Martin's hand spells it out loud for him, "SanDeE*, Big S, little A, little N, Big D, little E, Big E.

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August 5, 2009 - 04:20 pm
NEWS FEED: Pawatercooler.com

Chris Matthews: Douchebag

By AlexC

Vs Pat Toomey on Hardball.

I now remember why I hate Chris Matthews.

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July 25, 2009 - 11:17 am
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Interesting Point...

By dayvoe@gmail.com (Dayvoe)

From Stanley Fish.

After some background on Henry Louis Gates at Duke University:
As the story unfolded in the press and on the Internet, I flashed back 20 years or so to the time when Gates arrived in Durham, N.C., to take up the position I had offered him in my capacity as chairman of the English department of Duke University. One of the first things Gates did was buy the grandest house in town (owned previously by a movie director) and renovate it. During the renovation workers would often take Gates for a servant and ask to be pointed to the house’s owner.

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April 30, 2009 - 08:20 am
NEWS FEED: Capitol Ideas

Morning Reading Tip.

By John Micek

From The Online Magazine Slate: What did Chris Matthews know about Specter, and when did he know it?

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February 23, 2009 - 03:20 pm
NEWS FEED: GrassrootsPA

Why Chris Matthews Won’t Run for Senate…

By GrassrootsPA

Why Chris Matthews Won’t Run for Senate…

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Thu, 01/08/2009 - 16:15

Report: Evans, Abraham and Torsella also interested in Senate run

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Add a few more names to the list of candidates considering a run against U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010.

State Democratic party executive director Mary Isenhour tells The Morning Call that Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, National Constitution Center CEO Joe Torsella and state Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) are all interested in the race.

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Thu, 01/08/2009 - 14:39

With Matthews out of the picture, focus returns to local pols

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Now that Chris Matthews' very long flirtation with a 2010 Senate run has ended, Pennsylvania's Democratic establishment can focus all its attention on the actual politicians who have expressed an interest in the race.

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Thu, 01/08/2009 - 13:59

Looking back at months of ‘Hardball’ speculation

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

He hemmed. He hawed. He hedged. He had political watchers parsing his every word.

For months MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews had the Pennsylvania political world wondering if he would run for Senate in 2010. He strung us along, meeting with political insiders, going soft on Pennsylvania politicians on his show and even reportedly looking for a house in Philadelphia.

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Wed, 01/07/2009 - 20:36

It’s final: Matthews isn’t running for Senate

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The speculation can finally end. Chris Matthews won't be making a Senate run in 2010.

Two days after PolitickerPA.com reported that Matthews' brother was almost sure the MSNBC commentator wouldn't run against Republican Arlen Specter, The Times reports that Matthews told his staff Wednesday night he won't be entering the race.

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Mon, 01/05/2009 - 17:57

Brother would be 'stunned beyond words' if Chris Matthews ran for Senate

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Stop speculating: Chris Matthews isn't running for U.S. Senate. At least that's what his brother told PolitickerPA.com.

Jim Matthews was left with that strong impression after speaking with the MSNBC host when he returned from a two-week vacation in Jamaica.

"There's no hint of him running for office," Jim Matthews told PolitickerPA.com in an interview Monday. "That's 1,000 percent true."

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