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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...

Bill Clinton, aka 'President of the World'

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:35:30 CST

To most of us, he's "the former president," "Bill Clinton," or maybe "Bubba." But to Chris Matthews on this Presidents' Day, Clinton is President of the World, the name of his much ballyhooed, frenetic TV special airing tonight at 10pm. Taking a look at the decade since Clinton left office,...

Chris Matthews Demands Obama's Birth Certificate Now

Mark Russell — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:06:16 CST

Add MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews to the ranks of people who are demanding to see President Obama's long-form birth certificate—not because he doesn't believe the president is American, but to quiet the "birthers" who don't believe it. "I am not a birther, I am an enemy of the birthers,...

Matthews to Bachmann: Are You Hypnotized?

Kevin Spak — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:40:32 CDT

Chris Matthews had an exciting/cringe-worthy interview with Michele Bachmann last night, in which he tried to hammer her on her past statement that she’d like to investigate Democrats for “un-American activities.” Matthews kept asking if she’d use the Republicans’ newfound subpoena power for such investigations, and Bachmann kept ignoring him,...

Affirmative Action Keeps White Guys in NBA

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:46:37 CDT

You know you’ve really stepped in it when Eugene Robinson and Pat Buchanan agree that you’re wrong. Chris Matthews was talking about affirmative action with those two on Hardball last night, when he declared, “I think a lot of NBA teams carry white players.” Robinson and Buchanan jump on him,...

Tea Partiers Call for Boycott of Chris Matthews

Kevin Spak — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:49:00 CDT

Tea Party activists are calling for an advertiser boycott of Chris Matthews in the wake of his scathing documentary Rise of the New Right , which they call a “left-wing propaganda hit piece.” The National Tea Party Foundation said Hardball ’s advertisers “cannot continue their support of a program that seeks...

Matthews: Make Cheney Testify About Oil Spill

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:30:00 CDT

Hardball 's Chris Matthews insisted yesterday that former Vice President Dick Cheney be forced to testify on the Gulf oIl spill after "looking out for" Big Oil in the White House fresh from his job as CEO of Halliburton. Cheney held several "secret meetings" with oil companies, including BP and...

Pols Use Dubious TV Gigs to Prep for Elections

Harry Kimball — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:40:27 CST

In a trend that crosses party and network lines while raising a bevy of ethical questions, potential candidates for elected office are finding easy employment as cable news analysts. Fox News leads the pack, with three former office holders widely seen as possible future candidates: Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, and...

Jon Stewart Mocks Chris Matthews

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:51:00 CST

The moment the words were out of his mouth, Chris Matthews must have known he was bait for Jon Stewart, who last night on the Daily Show couldn't resist calling Matthews—who also "might have forgotten you're miked" —“one scotch away from being Ron Burgundy.” He then brought on Wyatt...