Maybe this will send another thrill up MSNBC yakker Chris Matthews’ leg: A new poll suggests that he would have a shot if he were the Democratic nominee for Senate in 2010 against Sen. Arlen Specter, the longtime Republican incumbent.
Specter gets the support of just 40 percent of likely voters – compared to 27 percent for Matthews, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted just before last week’s election. But 33 percent of the electorate in such a hypothetical contest is undecided, a sign that pollsters interpret as a willingness to consider Matthews.
“Arlen Specter would definitely start out as the favorite if Chris Matthews challenged him,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling, based in Raleigh, N.C. “But this poll provides clear evidence that a Matthews candidacy is not a non-starter. Pennsylvania voters would listen to what he has to say and give him a shot.”
Matthews, who remarked on air last February that he felt “this thrill going up my leg” during a post-primary speech by President-elect Barack Obama, has toyed with the idea of running for the Senate in his native Pennsylvania. He grew up in Northeast Philadelphia, and his brother, Jim Matthews, a Republican, is the chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners.
PPP interviewed 1,529 likely voters between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 by computer.
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Matthews is a blowhard who couldn't be elected dogcatcher.
Ricky, what party has ruled the last 28 years? You mean the democrat party in Philadelphia? Otherwise I don't know of a party that has ruled my entire lifetime...
What a bunch of pathetic whiners! Your party has ruled the country for the last 28 years and yet you whine like a bunch of long time victims. Better get over yourselves quickly, there's a change gonna come.
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Chris Matthews stinks. So does MSNBC, CNN, FOX, they all stink. All polarizing, media outlets.
As a PA Democrat, I would hope we could do better than Chris Matthews.
Matthews is awesome!
i think wilson goode jr we be a great senator every tuesday we can drink beer at his house and have somebody forge our time sheets and party likes its 1999.latrice
PA already rejected Lynn Swann because he had little PA presence and little political experience. I do not believe that PA will go for Matthews either.
If he does run, I will personally volunteer to work for the spector campaign. This is a large state and there are much better, more qualified, and more true pennsylvanians to run for this important position.
I'm Irish Catholic just like Matthews but I wouldn't
vote for him if you paid me. He now says it's his job in the
media to help the new administration as much as he can, for the
good of the country.
The guy is a clown and his brother Jim is a liar who pulled a fast
one on us here in Montco. Hey Jim, you won't win if you run again.
I would not voted for that dumm talking head Chris Matthews not matter if he ran as a democrat, republican or independent. He hasn't lived in our state for over 10 years plus. Carpetbagger like Hillary.
LaSalle sucks...go Prep!
I'd vote for Matthews in a heartbeat. Anything to take Tale from Crypt Keeper out of office and off of WIP.
So, he's qualified because he is a talking ahead? What a guy!
MiddleNameHussein, Sanitarium got elected by challenging the residency of Harrison Wolford. Who was a Pennsylvanian, which relocated to Washington DC to work for our country. So, do not cry about the same issue being used against Little Slimy Rickie. He was a church lady, wanted everyone else to live by what he said but not what he did.
The right wing whack jobs are at it again. Go get your fix from fox's screaming lunatics.
I thought Specter was running for NFL Commissioner? And, considering he votes with the GOP about 70% of the time, he will really be riding that Maverick label.
PA Democrats can do better then Mathews. We can find better qualified public servants then a Talking Head. Democrats expect somebody which has been spending their careers working for the average man. What do they think we are Republicans? It is the Republicans who go for the empty head sport hero or the washed up movie star.
Chris Matthews has recently shifted from unbia but leaning liberal to bias left wing liberal.
More s--- bubbling to the surface.
How many more Democratic public relations articles do we have to suffer through? Please, Inquirer, take a look at yourself in the mirror! You guys are a total joke!
Has anyone else noticed that Hardball has taken a visible Philadelphia preference recently?
Yesterday Chris was in front of wallpaper of the Philadelphia skyline...
How old is Specter these days...about 90? I can't wait to see him try to proclaim himself a "Maverick" too, after the way he repeatedly folded like a cheap suit whenever he faced any pressure from the Bushies on Judiciary. Like McCain, another lapdog that's going to pay the price.
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The difference is that he is clear what his views are and he is a commentator and not a newscaster, Fox is at fault because they are claiming to deliver non-biased newscasts but they clearly are slanted to the right.
Doesn't anyone of quality run for office any more?
The liberal media line is getting old. Once news was driven by ratings instead of as a public service, the news is reported based on broad appeal. When we had real journalism, news was viewed as a public service that the government required for an entity to get a broadcasting license. If having a more conservative slant would increase ratings, every major news outlet would go in that direction. So, the truth is, while conservative claim that there is a liberal bias, there is really a ratings bias and most people like the news just the way it is. Why? Because it's in line with their views. There is no liberal bias. It's just that the average viewer is more liberal than you'd like us to believe. Republicans are a shrinking party. If they stay the course, they'll be insignificant by the next election. 15-20% tops and trending downward.
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Stop whining whoever you are. And, stop using utley's name in vain.
Where does Crissy live? Will the same left wing nuts who have an obsession about where Rick Santorum spends his time also have something to say when Crissy runs and doesn't live in PA? Or are the rules different for liberal Democrat politicians?
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