There are several schools of thought on Chris Matthews’s mind, and given what we’ve seen of this mind, it’s reasonable to conclude that these schools of thought are public schools of the worst quality. To match the man.
Chris Matthews’s brother Jim is boss of Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. (He was also on the Lynn Swann ticket a few years ago when Governor Rendell was reelected.) Jim proclaimed that his brother Chris loves it at MSNBC, loves his job duties, is negotiating a new contract, and thus would forgo a run for the 2010 Dem nomination to challenge Specter, Pat Toomey, or whoever wins the Republican nomination for the seat currently held by Specter.
However, Salena Zito spoke to Allegheny Count Dem chair Jim Burn who said that he spoke to Matthews and the host indicated that he’s still mulling his options. Then again, Matthews told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who does a morning show, that his job as a member of the media is to ensure that a President Obama is succefful in his endeavors. Could Matthews best do this as a little-watched lefty pundit or as the potential 60th Dem vote in the U.S. Senate?
Could Matthews, with the right handlers, beat Specter in Pennsylvania if he tried?
We will all be ready to steer our efforts and money wher they are needed in 2010.
Neil Stevens
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Daniel Horowitz
Jake Walker
Specter US Sentate Vs Chris Matthews
blkeelin Wednesday, January 7th at 1:25PM EST (link)I think Pennsylvanians should not even consider a Specter vs. Mattews matchup. I don’t know how they could run against each since they should both be on the same ticket.
Specter needs to be beat in the Primary or retire. Perhaps Lynn Swann or some other conservative to run for the Sentate seat.
We primaried Specter in '04 with
Mark Kilmer (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 2:50PM EST (link)then-Congressman Pat Toomey, who has since detoured to run Club for Growth. His followers in the Commonwealth regard him in a smilar manner to how the Reagan supporters after ’76 regarded the future President, and that’s a powerful thing. Pat Toomey is a conservative to capture the hearts of the grassroots conservative warriors, and he would be most likely to challenge Specter.
Why not Swann? Gauging Lynn, for whom I blogged for RS in ’06, I imagine he’d have to be asked to run by the GOP. The Senate GOP does not primary its own members, and our State GOP wouldn’t get involved either. We’d have to have an grassroots movement to draft him, and that would be difficult against the opposition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, which hates Swann
Toomey is the poster child for why
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 3:11PM EST (link)we need COURAGEOUS CONSERVATIVE management running the GOP at all levels.
Bush and Santorum both shilled for that XXXX-bag Specter in 2004. Specter, as anybody with a brain would have known, gave the Bush administration the finger as soon as he (Specter) won reelection.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
in a word: Yes
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 2:56PM EST (link)I fear/predict Matthews will beat any Republican that runs (but especially Specter [retire the RINO] opting for a full liberal under the full liberal logo), as PA is too far into the Socialist Koolaid punchbowl…. BUT, I hope that I am wrong (obviously) and that you all bookmark this post and can come back to tell me how wrong I was after the 2010 Election…. If I could put a Vegas bet on it though, I’d bet Matthews – so let’s hope he keeps his tingles confined to the MSlsd set.
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
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Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
I don't know if Matthews will run, but I agree
Mark Kilmer (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 4:26PM EST (link)that this race will be a tough one no matter who runs on each ticket. Philadelphia and its sphere of influence, as well as Pittsburgh, are solidly Dem. The rest of us vote, make ourselves heard, but we’re swallowed by the behemonth as far as statewide elections. What helps Arlen is that he is pro-abort and holds several center-left positions. However, he barely defeated Toomey the ’04 primary, and I think the inspiring Pat Toomey could have beaten Democrat Joe Hoeffel that November.
And Obama won’t be on the ticket. Hopefully, Alaska Governor Palin, who drew great crows here, will campaign for the Republican. McCain would have won Pennsylvania had any Dem but Obama or Hillary been at the top of the ticket, and had the McCain peeps run a smart campaign in-commonwealth.
interesting...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 5:28PM EST (link)for some reason my “reply” (see below) got orphaned….
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
same in many Battleground States now...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 5:23PM EST (link)Michigan has been that way for some time now…. The mismanaged State under Governor Granholm and fools like Stabenow (as opposed to stab-ya-later lol) has MI run into the ground above/beyond natural business cycles and many “thoughtful” folk have left the State leaving behind more-and-more of the HANDOUT crowd behind making it even more run-down…. Most of the Conservative vote of Michigan is over-ridden by Wayne County (Detroit, plus some other cities Saginaw, Flint, Lansing) and Detroit politics have infested/infected Oakland and Macomb counties too….
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
I don't think so.....
Susannah (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 7:44PM EST (link)I don’t think that Chris Matthews will be nearly as fearsome a candidate as you guys think. Women HATE Chris Matthews because of how disrespectful he was to both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. In fact, some of the PUMAs have said that they will go to PA to campaign for Spector if Matthews is the Democratic candidate, Women are a large voting block to P**s off, and it’s really hard to win without them.
While I like the idea of PUMAs, there aren't many of them
JSobieski (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 7:46PM EST (link)Is there any evidence to suggest that PUMAs made a difference in any race in 2008?
My rules of the road for primary season.
Rule #1: Vote for YOUR first choice in the primaries
Rule #2: Vote for the R in the general.
Rule #3: Don’t let anyone convince you to violate Rule #1 or Rule #2
Rule #4: When in a center-right argument, reaffirm Rules #1-#3–it will help us all to get along better.
Rule #5: If you are using the language of the left, you probably aren’t furthering conservativism
Rule #6: The priority is issues first, candidates second, and supporters third. Nobody is bigger than the issues. Conversely, if you spend your time focusing on supporters, you are wasting everyone’s time.
STOP THE MADNESS!
A reduction in the rate of spending increases is NOT a cut!
In-state tuition for illegals is NOT amnesty!
Requiring someone to pay their medical bills is NOT an individual mandate!
Reducing tax rates is NOT a tax increase!
no, but they do exist
Doc Holliday (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 7:49PM EST (link)I had business dealings with one, her car was covered in PUMA gear and lastly a McCain sticker. Of course they made no difference, unless we were supposed to lose even more lol.
Molon Labe!
I agree, Mathews is such a blowhard
Doc Holliday (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 7:50PM EST (link)he has said too much on tape.
Molon Labe!
You're right Doc....
Susannah (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 8:53PM EST (link)Matthews has been caught on tape saying some God-awful things. Can you imagine the attack ads that can be run against him using his own words?
oh yeah ! -nt
Doc Holliday (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 9:26PM EST (link)nt
Molon Labe!
He says he's not running
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 8:59PM EST (link)Hold your nose and read this HuffPo posting
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
NY Slimes is reporting the same - Matthews not running
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Wednesday, January 7th at 11:15PM EST (link)Here am be da linkage………
Hardball won’t play ball.