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Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower

Matt Cantor — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:27:42 CDT

Sure, during the campaign he wasn't Mitt Romney's biggest fan—but it looks like Newt Gingrich is ready to let bygones be bygones. In an interview with Chris Matthews last night, Gingrich hailed the "organized" and "methodical" Romney for being "a lot like Eisenhower," the Huffington Post notes. "He is...

Chris Matthews: 'I Forgot Obama Was Black'

Rob Quinn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:41:00 CST

Chris Matthews is taking heat for a gaffe on live TV after President Obama's State of the Union address last night. The Hardball host told Keith Olbermann that he "forgot the president was black." The remark came while Matthews was discussing race and the presidency, and the line quickly spread...

Dean and Landrieu Have Health Care Shouting Match

Kevin Spak — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:13:00 CST

Howard Dean took the gloves off on Hardball yesterday, mixing it up with first Chris Matthews and then Mary Landrieu over the health care bill. Dean defended his desire to kill the bill, declaring that the bill was an insurance industry handout. Matthews vehemently disagreed, accusing Dean of “demagoguery.” But...

Liddy Plays Birther Hardball

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:07:00 CDT

Nixon henchman G. Gordon Liddy branded Barack Obama an "illegal alien" on Hardball yesterday, dodging a barrage of evidence and documents cited by Chris Matthews that the US president was born in Hawaii. Liddy insisted that Obama's "invalid" birth certificate couldn't be used to get a passport or even "to...

Bachmann Celebrates Obama Win

Peter Fearon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:42:00 CST

The congresswoman who suggested in a national television interview that Barack Obama has anti-American views is changing her tune. Minnesota Republican Michele Bachmann tells Politico she’s "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year," calling Obama’s victory ”a tremendous signal we sent.” Bachmann also expressed hope...

What? Did I Say Something Wrong?

Peter Fearon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:25:00 CDT

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is catching more fallout from her controversial appearance on MSNBC : The National Republican Congressional Committee has pulled media buys made for her campaign, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press . Bachmann told Hardball host Chris Matthews last week that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views” and called...

Hitler Donnybrook Rocks Hardball

Rob Quinn — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:54:15 CDT

There's been an outcry from the Dems over President Bush's "appeasement" comments but the shouting was loudest on last night's Hardball , the Huffington Post reports. Radio host Kevin James sang the praises of Bush's remarks comparing Barack Obama's planned outreach to Iran to Nazi appeasement. But after being asked repeatedly...

Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

Rob Quinn — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:46 CDT

Claims that young people get more news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show than from traditional sources are bunk, a journalism think-tank has concluded after examining a year's worth of episodes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that while the comedy show had much of the same content as new...

Elizabeth Edwards Calls Out Coulter

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:53:33 CDT

Elizabeth Edwards tried to coax conservative hellcat Ann Coulter into toning down the personal attacks on political candidates yesterday, calling in to "Hardball with Chris Matthews" while Coulter was on. Edwards entreated Coulter to cut the character assassination and focus on issues. Coulter shot back that Edwards' call was obviously...