Note To Chris Matthews: Give PA Dems A Chance To Win…Don’t Run

December 2, 2008 · Filed Under Media · 4 Comments 
News Item: A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

Chris,

Please tell me you’re kidding.  I know you’re a Philly guy, but that doesn’t mean you need to run for public office to prove it. Eat a cheesesteak. Root for the Eagles. March with the Mummers. But run for the Senate? Puh-lezze. Philly loves the Phillies’s Chase Utely but it’s not like voters want him hitting legislation out of the box and that’s not counting how many Democratic Pirates fans would be lining up to join the Specter team.

You run against Arlen Specter and the Right will eat you up alive. The Left will chew up the leftovers. When you have Sean Hannity and The Daily Kos on the same side you know your political foothold is about as solid Read more

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MSNBC Embarrassment: Network Mistakenly Calls Election For Obama

October 28, 2008 · Filed Under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Kind of Satire, Media · 2 Comments 

For Tom Dewey’s sake (look it up kids) the boys at MSNBC made what could be the most embarrassing fumble of the entire 2008 election.
While the electoral college tally still shows the candidates to be in a statistical dead heat - 0 for Obama vs 0 for McCain - this morning at 1:15AM, anchors Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, called the election for Barack Obama.
“Sure, it was humiliating,” said an MSNBC spokesman, “but Read more

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