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September 16, 2009 - 07:45 am
NEWS FEED: 2 Political Junkies

Oh, Maria!

By lupinaccim@aol.com (Maria)

Maria Bartiromo was just on MSNBC's Morning Joe. She made the claim that she wasn't talking about Medicare when she infamously asked a 44-year Congressman why, if he liked it so much, he wasn't on it. She claimed that she was talking about the insurance he did have.

Huh?

Oh, Maria! You have your own TV show. Surely you know that tape (and YouTube) exists.

So, let's roll the tape:

Sorry, you're still an idiot.
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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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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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Mon, 12/22/2008 - 13:23

Report: Matthews close to decision on MSNBC contract, Senate

By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews is expected to make a decision soon about whether to remain the host of Hardball or return to Pennsylvania for a Senate run against Republican Arlen Specter, Reuters reports.

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Sat, 12/13/2008 - 14:21

Matthews on Matthews: Chris didn’t want to be the ‘peacock’ in the room

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

NEW YORK -- Don't read too much into Chris Matthews' absence from this weekend's Pennsylvania Society and what it means for a possible 2010 U.S. Senate run, according to his brother Jim Matthews.

The Montgomery County commissioner told PolitickerPA.com Saturday that his brother didn't want to be the "peacock" in the room.

"It's a signal he didn't want to be the focus of any more news stories," Jim Matthews said.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 19:14

Matthews has holidays to consider contract offer, report says

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Chris Matthews' flirtations with a Senate run in 2010 has been the talk of Pennsylvania politics since Thanksgiving. So, will the "Hardball" host step away from the microphone and into an election certain to capture nationwide attention?

A report from FishbowlDC says Pennsylvania will get its answer soon.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 10:52

Matthews not attending Pa. Society

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Is Chris Matthews in or out? For this weekend's Pennsylvania Society at least, he's out.

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Fri, 12/05/2008 - 16:30

Matthews has tough task to fight off Specter in N.W. Pa, local county chair says

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

Chris Matthews won't have an easy time persuading northwestern Pennsylvania voters to vote for him instead of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Philadelphia), according to Erie County Democratic Party Chairwoman Cathi Zelazny.

Specter is a well-known commodity in the region, she said, and his moderate ideology has made him popular with unions.

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Fri, 12/05/2008 - 13:50

Sestak linked to Navy Secretary job, not Senate

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has been linked to the job of Navy Secretary in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, according to a report on DOD Buzz, an online Defense and Acquisition Journal.

Sestak, a former admiral, has also been mentioned as a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010. He easily won re-election this fall.

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Wed, 12/03/2008 - 18:48

Matthews talking politics with Western Pa. official

By Alex Roarty, PolitickerPA.com Reporter

The biggest buzz words in Pennsylvania politics continue to be "Chris Matthews."

Allegheny County Democratic Chairman Jim Burn told The Forty-Fourth Estate he has kept the host of MSNBC's "Hardball" apprised of Western Pennsylvania politics since the state's primary in April.

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