MSNBC's Chris Matthews For U.S. Senate?

Pa. Democratic Party Leader Says TV Host Might Challenge GOP's Arlen Specter

(AP)  A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports Matthews met with state party leaders this past week in Washington to discuss a possible bid to unseat Republican Sen. Arlen Specter.

Party official Mary Isenhour says she left the meeting feeling that Matthews still hadn't made up his mind.

The 62-year-old Matthews hosts MSNBC's "Hardball" and provides political commentary on NBC's "Today." He ran unsuccessfully for a Pennsylvania congressional seat in 1974.

There was no immediate comment from Matthews on Saturday. A reliable home telephone number could not be located and a representative of MSNBC did not immediately return a call.

[skeetchamp]

Jesse Ventura, Arnold Swartenager, and Ronald Reagan, who created what at that time was America''s largest deficit ever by the time he left office -- he also sent hundreds of unarmed troops into Lebanon where they were attacked and killed.
How could Chris Matthews do any worse than they did? Given the alternative, Arlen Spector, I would hold my nose and vote for Matthews I think.

[whosaid1]

wow, what a great idea....you folks in Pennsylvania should elect him....another democrate who has spent his whole life TALKING.....

[W.W. Terry]

OMG! Another leftwing democrat dofus who has never worked a day in his life with his hands or his brain. One more ego trip! Caio! wwterry8

[hitoyou11]

PA is the only place this no body could run. I hope this is a joke. WE have Obama, that is bad enough, now to have this guy run. Can we be that bad off?

[nocore]

Chris Matthews embodies the lessons of Jean Renoir''s "Rules of the Game." He is a gentleman; he''s not a demagogue. He believes in good, hard political debate. But he also believes, at the end of the day, in shaking hands and having a drink with the other side realizing that they love this country as well. It''s good sportsmanship, and it''s also good character. This sort of true blue American gentleman is a dying breed. And he''s got my support.

[mrmeatspin]

why not!!..al franken is alreadt on the bank wagon..

how about kanye west..

[firehose12]

Enough Liberal pigs already.

I dont want to be another China or Cuba.

[tawpdawg111]

heza doof

[terrorislame]

Can we republicons be that bad off?

Posted by hitoyou11 at 11:36 AM : Nov 29, 2008-----------
YES,You Cons Most Certainly Are in Bottom of a Cesspool ! You deserve Everything You Will Not Receive!

[actornaught]

The two biggest problems neocons and by extension, the neo-conned bloggers, have with this guy is that he''s intelligent, AND he has a real personality, unlike the pods and phonies the ''pubs keep trotting out.

Go Chris Go

[joule18]

Please not Chris Mattews. Instead of a tingle up his leg, he''ll have body fluid running down it.

[joule18]

Keep your day job Chris. I think you are more into making the millions instead of serving anyway.

[jimbo554]

Rachel Maddow should run. She''d be a shoo-in.

[jowand]

An AL Franken clone, only crazier

[andylance1]

Matthews doesn''t look bad, considering he has had a face lift and hair transplant. Now all this demented Scarecrow needs is a brain transplant.

[opedanderson]

I hope he does run. To me, he has lost all credibility as a journalist and has been an advocate for Obama for a long time. His objectivity is completely blown and he has become an advocate.

I give him full marks for realizing this as Franken did. I only wish Olbermann, Maddow, Oreilly, Limbaugh, etc would be so brave and do the same.....

Leave journalism to those who at least pretend to be impartial......

[jsilver2th]

Yes! Excellent!

[blancadebree]

With Democrats like Matthews who needs Lieberman?

http://blancadebree.blogspot.com

[terrorislame]

I said I`d be a " GOP Jumper "
But,I was Chicken-feces,..
So,I`ll have to eat Crow Each Day Now!
Posted by jowand at 01:05 PM : Nov 29, 2008--------
Thought You Died !

[aldon61]

Arlen Specter has been a voice for moderation; he is not a right wing nut job. He has performed well and done so while bravely fighting cancer. I sincerely hope the good people of Pennsyvania recognize this fact and place him back into the senate, regardless of who runs against him. BTW, I have nothing against Matthews, just like Specter.

[sjbj2322]

Matthew''s will have his hands full. Arlen may be a Republican but he''s always voted on the side of moderation. But you have to admit we could all really have fun with this one. What will Chris Matthew''s campaign slogan be? ''Vote Matthews - for a warm sensation!'' How about ''I''ll make you tingle too!'' Come on - join in...let''s give Matthew''s the benefit of our wisdom in helping to shape his campaign.

[sjbj2322]

The fact of the matter is that there are probably a lot of brilliant minds that would do an exceptional job of representing the people of their state but they remain ''unknowns'' because to campaign in this country requires you have big money and lots of backing OR a great deal of visibility (as does Matthews) to draw attention to yourself as a candidate. As such you will most likely never see the best qualified person get the job.

[marlenemn]

Everytime somebody wants to run fer congress, or the senate, or the whitehouse... I gotta smell de *************** underwear! Now ask yerselves... ''''do you wanna smell chris mathews underwear?''''

Posted by william908

This is what happens when a member of the religious right drinks and posts at the same time.

[platteman]

I just got a shiver running up my leg!!

What a hoot, another comedian running for office.

when will he move to PA??

He now has two years to campaign for office. Hope MSNBC pays him the whole time.

[irmcvet97]

I just got a shiver running up my leg!!

What a hoot, another comedian running for office.

when will he move to PA??

He now has two years to campaign for office. Hope MSNBC pays him the whole time.

Posted by Platteman at 03:01 PM : Nov 29, 2008

Since you obviously do not like this man, who would you propose to replace the Fascist? I think Matthews is a very intelligent person AND he was VERY opposed to Bush, Trickle Down and all the rest of the failures provided by the Republican''s.

[irmcvet97]

Mathews is an idiot. But voting morons are more prevalent in the US now (many on this site). I say he gets voted in.

Posted by TheMasses10 at 02:46 PM : Nov 29, 2008

You know for someone who supported Bush and the MASSIVE Failure he and his party brought to this nation to call ANYONE else an idiot is a joke! ROFLMAO

[allzwell]

Haven''''t seen a failure out of Bush yet...

Posted by Rowdydfw at 03:34 PM : Nov 29, 2008

Obviously you are blind.

[matrixrx2003]

Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania and a member of the Republican Party. Elected in 1980, he is currently the 15th-most senior member of the U.S. Senate as well as 7th most senior Republican in this body.

Chris Matthews already has the election in the bag.

Arlen Specter is 78 years old and its time to retire.

[actornaught]

The two biggest problems neocons and by extension, the neo-conned bloggers, have with this guy is that he''s intelligent, AND he has a real personality, unlike the pods and phonies the ''pubs keep trotting out.

Go Chris Go

[matrixrx2003]

Rowdydfw

LOW AND BEHOLD, found Bush to have actually outperformed many other presidents in in less severe situations

It''s amazing that you still support Bush & most of his own party did not want his support or backing when Senators were up for election last month. A huge majority of the Republican Party avoided Bush like the Plague during the elections.

[ocasanas]

Why is CBS closing comments on the Obama article "Help is on the way"? They state that if the news is more than 72 hours old, then comments are closed: Why do they have such an old news article on the cover? Helloooooo! Anyway, if help is on the way, we should see it coming, perhaps hearing the rumble of "help" making its way to ourselves, or smelling the sweetness of "help", but for the time being I think that "help" is an utopia, given the current economic conditions. Sorry that this comment is out of context here and I wouldn''t be surprised that CBS removes it after a while, but please, allow people to comment if the news is still on the cover page at least.

[downsteamjim]

Chris Matthews a democrat I''m shocked.

[matrixrx2003]

Go for it Chris.

[babooph]

O Reily should run -find 2 wars to lose -have the rich never pay tax,borrow from China util they own the whole nation & check if we have any rights left & take those,& have the mlitary fill concentration camps with people to torture-his platform is obvious.

[hober_mallow]

After the Bush debacle of the last 8 years, I''d vote for Hugo Chavez if he was running against a Repub.

[sabestu]

Hope he does run and if (when) he does, he will show his true color...his stupidity and the spitting he does when he runs his head...................Period!

[wlmrtpatriot]

Matthews lol. I thought the tingle down his leg was from some sort of s*xual excitement he had when he met the great O. I didn''t realize he had actually p33d himself. He is a member of the hare club for men?
I learn so much here. haha

[devilspeaks]

Posted by DemsSUK2 at 06:44 PM : Nov 29, 200
Posted by DJ_IL at 06:17 PM : Nov 29, 2008

My Pals the both of you?
The one who cries out against the answers that he does not have and the other puts him in his position.
Great Jesus is not talked about from a personal side.

[kesac4650]

Chris Mathews has made himself famous for conducting an interview, and then as soon as his interviewee is off the air and gone, giving us the Chris Mathews version of what has just been said, irregardless of what the transcripts tell us.
I have had enough of his infommercials, conciets and intentional deciets.

[Cyril100]

kesac4650- There are no such words in the English language such as ,,,,,deciets,conciets,infommercials,irregardless.
Good Grief.

[think-people]

Hip - Hip - Hooray!
Hip - Hip - Hooray!
Hip - Hip - Hooray!

GO GET''EM CHRIS!

[centerfall94]

Chris Matthews is a great guy! I''d vote for him!

[smb127]

If Matthews runs successfully it will confirm my belief that the average American does not deserve the "right" to vote. He is an egotistical moron.

[longtree-2009]

why not? there is a weight lifter, b movie action hero, governor in ca. ronald reagan was an actor turned governor then potus. sarah palin alaskan beauty queen a mayor and governor then vp candidate. there was david duke a kkk grand wizard was an elected louisiana representative, ran as presidential candidate in democratic and republican primaries, ran unsuccessfully for u.s. senate, louisiana governor and senate. there have been others, so why not chris matthews?

[formrusmcsgt]

I had no idea Matthews is 62 years old.

That makes him the same age as Dubya, yet Dubya looks like he could be Matthews'' old man......

[irmcvet97]

Your a joke Mathews, but hey, if we can elect a junior senator with no experience as President, I don''''t see why we couldn''''t elect and brainless dem who has pretended to be a journalist for the last 10 years.


Posted by jedi23231 at 06:14 AM : Nov 30, 2008

Yeah how do you figure that?? What is wrong with these people? They refused to buy into 4 MORE years of "Trickle Down" and voted against the "Party"... go figure! ROFLMAO I mean what were they thinking? So it''s never worked before and so the "Party" lead us into the worst mess we''ve had in our lifetimes, where''s the Loyalty to the "Party" and the fuhrer?? Sparky it''s going to be a LONG LONG time before the present day Fascist Republican''s sell their tired garbage again... get used to it!!

[mizzerz]

With all the grief he gave the Clintons over the years, do you think Bill and Hillary will campaign for Specter just for the payback?

If he is looking at the Senate, he must not have a chance with Meet the Press

[downsteamjim]

longtree: You avoid the actual U.S. Senate with former klansman Sen. Byrd, negligent homicide or worse Sen. Kennedy, and the loony toon trying to be U.S. Al Franken of Mn. I know that since these are Democrats they don''t count.

[downsteamjim]

Chris Matthews is trying to make a lateral move from the Propaganda wing of the DNC to the U.S. Senate.

[hitoyou11]

I hope this is a joke. We have to many no good big mouths in congress.