Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

Well, he's famous, so therefore he's qualified.

MacEnvy: Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

Two words: Rick Santorum.

I am getting a shiver up my leg. If he wears a codpiece he has my vote!

MacEnvy: Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

I'm all for Chris. He is most likeable and certainly knowlegeable. I've liked Chris ever since I heard him interviewed in 1987 on Larry King's radio program about his then-new book "Hardball".

In recent time, I actually watch Keith Olbermann more than Chris on MSNBC .... Chris has long been a "truth-seeker" like in the moment seeking the latest interview, but Keith is a true "truth reporter" digging and researching for the truth, and the only person in the Corporate Media allowed to be critical of the Bush administration and the disasters in Iraq and to our civil liberties.

Chrissy Mathews has just the right amount of smug and contempt for the public to be in public office. Whether he can win an election is another matter.

Complete Douchebag.

EOM

Democratic senator? Thanks but, we don't want him.

/Since when is Chris Matthews a democrat?

But his leg says YES!

MacEnvy: Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

He'd be running against Specter. He's the more likable of the two, easily.

Neeek: MacEnvy: Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

He'd be running against Specter. He's the more likable of the two, easily.

To be more likeable than Spector you have to do only two things:
1) breathe
2) gargle

He's been that way for years, and every election cycle everyone says, "THIS is the year we get rid of Spector!". 28 years later, he's still pretty comfortable

If he runs will he talk about his own manly scent?

Matthews has lived and breathed nothing but politics for so long I think it's given him brain damage. You can see it if you watch carefully, he has no filters anymore. Only someone constantly thinking about politics could say the kind of stuff he does (or write a book about living your life as a political campaign, for that matter). He's like the end result of a social programming experiment where a kid watched nothing but 24-hour news networks for 30 years.

*snerk*

/no, it's not a Rickroll

If Matthews gets in the senate will he kiss his own ass?

LonMead: Neeek: MacEnvy: Unfortunately for him, to win a Senate seat you have to be at least marginally likable.

He'd be running against Specter. He's the more likable of the two, easily.

To be more likeable than Spector you have to do only two things:
1) breathe
2) gargle

He's been that way for years, and every election cycle everyone says, "THIS is the year we get rid of Spector!". 28 years later, he's still pretty comfortable

You mean Phil Spector? I thought he resided in California!

Specter's a liberal Republican, and Chris Matthews is a conservative Democrat. I'd call it a wash, either way.

In fact, I'd consider it a loss, since I watch "Hardball" daily.

Chris Matthews is probably smarter than most of you farkers out there(myself included). Your distaste for him does not preclude his ability to hold public office.

Never say never about wanting to be in high public office. It keeps your options open and even if you don't want to run it keeps people interested in your show, book, crappy merchandise, etc.

Man the GOP just won't give Specter a break. Putting two primary challengers against him back to back seems a little excessive.

Should Matthews get in, grandstanding will enter a new age of ridiculousness.

oryx: You mean Phil Spector? I thought he resided in California!jail.

/FTFY

Ha!

Lemme see... to go from a 5+ million paycheck to a couple hundred thou? Now he has money and power. How much money is he willing to give up for a different set of power?

I can never remember which side this guy is on, because he's just always acting like a dick

That closeted emotional cripple is JUST the kind of person who would seek office.

I didn't realize bloviating-windbag-at-large was a Senate seat.