Why Chris Matthews Won't Run for Senate
By Nikki Schwab, Washington Whispers
NBC White House Correspondent Chuck Todd has a theory on why MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews begged off from running for the Pennsylvania Senate seat held by Republican Arlen Specter. "Because [Chris] had a really good friend of his say to him, 'What are you going to do when you get there?' and he couldn't answer the question and he realized that, and that's why he didn't run," says Todd. "It was a childhood dream to be a senator, but he didn't know what he was going to do if he got there." It was the same for 2008 presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John McCain, says the coauthor of How Barack Obama Won. "They never knew why they wanted to be president."
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HIS MILITARY SERVICE?????
I KNOW HE WAS OF AGE TO SERVE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, AND WHY DIDN'T HE SERVE? RUMOR HAS IT THAT HE MIMED BILL CLINTON. IS THIS TRUE?
Chris Mathews for senate
I agree with KIM of MD. He is absolutely right. I am tired of watching the three monkeys. I do not watch MSNBC at all. It is boring. All their one sided in the election they will see soon what is going to happen in the future. That is all. RAM
What an Idiot
chuck Todd must be an idiot to put Hillary Clinton in the same sentence with this idiot, she was very clear and concise in her reasons for running for President, they continue to try and beat a dead dog. I can't stand anyone on MSNBC, they are blocked from my television, I don't even want to happen upon them.
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