From
Huffington Post:
Quote:
Chris Matthews appeared on "Morning Joe" Thursday morning, and in the context of discussing the Obama transition — and Rahm Emanuel's motives for waffling on the chief of staff position — told Joe Scarborough it is not his job to question Emanuel's motives.
"You know what?" Matthews said. "I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new Presidency work."
Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski pressed Matthews on his claim, asking if it his his job as a journalist to make the Presidency work.
"Yeah, that's my job. My job is to help this country...to make this work succsesfully, because this country needs a successful Presidency, more than anything right now," Matthews said.
I've been a long time watcher of Hardball, since the 2000 election really. For those of you who don't watch Hardball, or recently began watching, this would come as no surprise to you. Matthews has been far up Obama's ass for some time now. But for long time watchers like myself, there has been a stark change in Matthews. From 2000-2006 Matthews was just as far up Bush's ass. I spent many a night yelling at the TV over the ridiculousness being spewed by Matthews. Matthews was a Bush and war cheerleader for a long, long time. I kept watching because I still liked Matthews, and enjoyed his excitement for politics.
But in my estimation, his transformation began around the Plame scandal. He slowly started turning away from Bush, and started bashing him. Watching it, I've just figured he was a finger to the wind kind of guy. Blowing the direction he thought would get him the highest ratings. And I still think that to a large extent.
But then Bob Somerby over at the
Daily Howler linked me something I didn't know from
Real Clear Politics:
Quote:
Now no longer the center ring for the traveling Democratic presidential nomination circus, Pennsylvania's inventive political community has discovered a new favorite political parlor game to while away the brisk springtime evenings: will Chris Matthews, the irrepressible host of MSNBC's Hardball, step down from his pundits perch to run for the US Senate against Arlen Specter in 2010? To a remarkable degree, speculation abounds over this possibility in the Keystone State.
Quote:
Publicly Matthews has done little to disguise his interest in the race. Asked if he was running on a recent Colbert cable show, Matthews said this: "Did you ever want to be something your whole life...? When you grow up, some kids want to be a fireman. I want to be a Senator....There's a difference between being a celebrity and working for the people. And it's a greater thing to work for the people than being on television."
I think it's clear he is going to run based on the serious Democratic ass he's been kissing. How many will remember his ridiculous cheerleading from 2000-2006? I'm guessing very few.
