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"Part of the reason that Chris keeps that show is that he's slightly whacked, and you never quite know -- I mean, just watch the way he opens the show. It's Hardball, and he's off and running. So my experience being with Chris is that if you just relax and ...  

David Corn and Salon's Joan Walsh joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss the newly minted Romney-Trump alliance and what it says about Mitt Romney's strategy and values. David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. He's also on Twitter.  

Quotes of the Day Newt gives Chris Matthews a compliment (of sorts) On MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning, former GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich called Chris Matthews “slightly whacked” and says that’s why he’s kept his show for so long. Ingraham dings Deutsch and Dr. Oz “OMG–Donny Deutsch & Dr Oz talking G Spots on CNN now. Get a room!” — Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. MSNBC Contributor Donny Deutsch filled in for CNN’s Piers Morgan...  

On May 25, 2009 Chris Matthews appeared on Charlie Rose where he stated that he was intending to run for Specter's senate seat in 2010, stating "I could see myself winning the Democratic primary and I could see myself going on to face Arlen in ...  

Former Democrat Spokesman Joins Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards Program The National Press Club is located on the 13th floor, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington D.C. About the National Press Club:  The National Press Club is the ...  

MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews lectured a fellow television reporter when asked about his 2008 comment that a speech from then-candidate Barack Obama sent a "thrill up his leg." Matthews was taking part in a discussion with C-SPAN host ...  

MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews lectured a fellow television reporter when asked about his 2008 comment that a speech from then-candidate Barack Obama sent a "thrill up his leg." Matthews was taking part in a discussion with C-SPAN host Steve Scully, who asked, "Is the thrill still there?" Visibly annoyed, Matthews turned to face Scully and offered a detailed defense of his comments before saying, "Perhaps I shouldn't have said so...  

Hardball host Chris Matthews offered quite the analysis this week on a panel at The Cable Show 2012 in Boston. Andrea Morabito reported: [Matthews] argued that because of the rise of opinion-based news networks, the non-critical aspect of the ...  

And that's exactly what we suspect MSNBC analyst Chris Matthews is up to with his new biography ... KERA's Lee Cullum will moderate discussion about Matthews' book, which jabs at the notion of Kennedy's aristocratic upbringing, claiming he was "more ...  

(Washington, DC) Medical authorities have failed to explain why MSNBC’s Chris Matthews’s leg hasn’t stopped tingling since the evening hours of February 13 during an acceptance speech given by Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Matthews first reported his condition in an on-air exchange with Keith Olberman about an hour after Obama swept the so-called Potomac primaries in Virginia, Maryland and DC. According to MSNBC transcripts: “I have to...  

Former DNC Chairman Ed Rendell chose not to endorse the Obama Campaign when questioned by Chris Matthews. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews: “Governor Rendell, big question. Are you with the Obama campaign as it’s being run right now, or are you against it?”  

Reporting from the big cable TV industry event this week, Broadcasting & Cable's Andrea Morabito writes (5/22/12): Hardball host Chris Matthews argued that because ... his cable colleagues were doing: —MSNBC's Dan Abrams indignantly defends ...  

Attorney Ted Olson, who's leading the federal case challenging Proposition 8, joined Chris Matthews and Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson on Hardball last night to discuss Obama's same-sex marriage endorsement. Asks Matthews: how long will it take to get the...  

It's typically Chris Matthews who's dolling out the questions, but the MSNBC pundit was the one getting grilled during a recent book signing in Massachusetts, where gay Christians from Faithful America asked him why he consistently hosts anti-gay Family Research...  

No matter how much everyone would love this election to be about fun little controversies, the bottom line is the economy will be a major factor in deciding whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win in November. Chris Matthews talked about the economy ...  

Today on Hardball, Newt Gingrich, noted animal lover, and Chris Matthews, apparently also an animal lover, discussed their favorite zoos and snakes. And it was hilarious. "I think you're the only presidential candidate basically ever to go zoo to zoo," Matthews said. "I love the natural world," Gingrich responded. "Do you like the reptile house?" Matthews wondered. Indeed, Gingrich does, saying he admires how "astonishingly successful" the...  

On Tuesday’s Hardball on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews attacked DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for the lack of pro-Obama surrogates to back up President Obama’s attacks on Bain Capital. Matthews has been troubled since Democratic Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, New Jersey criticized the Obama campaign for attacking Bain Capital and private equity during an appearance Sunday on [...]  

We don’t know what his exact words were, but according to this write-up of a recent media panel in Boston, Chris Matthews was cryogenically frozen during the years 2002 and 2003: “Hardball host Chris Matthews argued that because of the rise of opinion ...  

Gingrich appeared live on Matthews’ MSNBC program Hardball with topics that ranged from the GOP primaries to Romney’s vice presidential search and finally to Gingrich’s love of animals and zoos. Matthews asked if Gingrich would get a ...  

If you’d like to see what happens when an arrogant, thin-skinned journalist is asked a legitimate question about a silly (but revealing) comment he once made, you can’t do much better than viewing this clip of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.  

On Hardball, the former presidential candidate finally meets his match in Chris Matthews' similarly childish enthusiasm for history -- and animals. By the time the interview had finished, Chris Matthews had done his best black mamba impersonation and Newt ...  

On Hardball, the former presidential candidate finally meets his match in Chris Matthews' similarly childish enthusiasm for history -- and animals. By the time the interview had finished, Chris Matthews had done his best black mamba impersonation and Newt ...  

Chris Matthews: Jackasses, Stop Asking About Obama Speech from National Cable and Telecommunications Association on FORA.tvJust like an elite, liberal prick who can't take it when the joke's on him: Via the Examiner, what’s the best part? The palpable bitterness in his tone or the fact that he’s taking his frustration out on the most mild-mannered creature in the media universe, a C-SPAN anchor? As you watch him solemnly lament the fact...  

Of course that's nothing new but today's rant showed how deep into Obama idolatry Matthews really is:MSNBC host Chris Matthews heavily criticized Cory Booker's defense of private equity as "an act of sabotage" and "betrayal" of President Obama."Whatever the intention was, he was trashing the entire Obama campaign of the summer in one appearance on Meet The Press," Matthews charged."Booker, supposedly a surrogate for President Obama -- comes on...  

David Corn joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss Cory Booker's recent comments criticizing the Obama campaign's attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital. David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. He's also on Twitter.  

In February of 2008, NewsBusters first highlighted MSNBC’s Chris Matthews oozing “I felt this thrill going up my leg” while listening to a speech by Barack Obama. Conservatives reminding him of it has certainly annoyed Chris Matthews ever since, so much so that he lashed out at C-SPAN’s Steve Scully, sinking to including the non-profit cable network’s senior executive producer as amongst the “jackasses” who dare to ask him about his infamous...  

Fox News Panel: In Booker Case, 'Chris Matthews Was The Disciplinarian Of The ...Mediaite“I just found it so bizarre that the person who chastised him was a member of the media,” she noted, adding that, apparently, “Chris Matthews waas the disciplinarian of the Democratic Party” for being the one to call his comments “sabotage.  

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A furious Chris Matthews on Monday railed against Cory Booker for his "betrayal" and "sabotage" of fellow Democrat Barack Obama. A bewildered Matthews couldn't understand why the Newark mayor would "trash" the President. Howling over Booker's break from party loyalty, Matthews snarled, "... I think [this] was an act of sabotage. Whatever the intention was, [Booker] was trashing the entire Obama campaign of the summer." The Hardball host then...  

Greetings! Another “jackass” here taking an opportunity to remind readers of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews’s unfortunate (for him) decision in 2008 to announce that a speech by then-candidate Barack Obama sent a "thrill...  

David Corn joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss this week's right-wing attacks on President Obama and how Mitt Romney is handling the controversy. David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. He's also on Twitter.  

Chris Matthews, the MSNBC host who usually plays the race card and deems folks racist who do not agree with his opinion, has entered new and appalling territory. Matthews said to black pastor Bishop Harry Jackson, who opposes gay marriage,  … “I hope you evolve”. Really? So much for someone having a differing opinion and [...]  

Via the Examiner, what’s the best part? The palpable bitterness in his tone or the fact that he’s taking his frustration out on the most mild-mannered creature in the media universe, a C-SPAN anchor? As you watch him solemnly lament the fact ...  

Remember MSNBC host Chris Matthews piling on? It turns out Matthews has a similar explanation for why he crossed the boundaries of traditional journalistic decorum and admitted to feeling physical sensations from hearing President Barack Obama ...  

Last night was night one of “Jeopardy!” “Power Players” week, which features Washington politicos, influencers and TV news personalities competing for charity. The contestants were MSNBC host Chris Matthews, CNN aviation and regulation correspondent Lizzie O’Leary and former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Notes and observations: Chris Matthews should stick to political talk shows. Matthews had a lot of trouble with the “Jeopardy...  

Newt Gingrich: “Mitt Romney did what he had to do to become the nominee… when he got to the crunch, he was tough enough and smart enough to beat me in Florida” On tonight’s ‘Hardball,’ Former House Speaker and the Republican Presidential ...  

Last week, Jeopardy! set up shop in Washington, D.C. and invited a gaggle of smarty-pants D.C.–types to play for charity. Anderson Cooper — who is apparently still reeling over his loss to Cheech Marin during Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2010 — saw the game as bit of a redo, crushing opponents Tom Friedman and Kelly O'Donnell on Friday. But no one had a perfect game and plenty of questions had the entire group stumped. Below, some of the questions...  

NEWSBUSTERS) — On at least four occasions, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews mocked Sarah Palin for how he felt she’d do if she were ever on the hit television game show Jeopardy!. http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/chris-matthews-pummeled-on-jeopardy/?cat_or ig=politicsContinue Reading--9 words totally  

Since he's the genius who should go on the TV show "Jeopardy" and prove to the world that she doesn't know anything. So who appeared the other night on "Jeopardy"?MSNBC's brainiac Chris Matthews.And the rest is history ... Ah, the sweet smell of public disgrace.  

Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn and the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss how President Obama is trying to shift the election conversation into a debate about ideas and ideology. When Obama formally launched his reelection campaign on Saturday, his selling point was this: America's on the right track, but there's more to do—and Romney isn't the man to do it. David...  

Karma is indeed a bitch: After Repeatedly Mocking Palin for What She’d Do on ‘Jeopardy!’ Matthews Comes In Last Chris Matthews will take “Abject Humiliation” for $400, Alex On the liberal side, Chris Matthews. On the conservative side, James Pethokoukis.  

Independent Senate candidate Angus King came under fire Friday for telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that he would consider forgoing committee assignments to ensure there's no allegiance to either party, with Republican William Schneider pointing out that much of the Senate's work happens in committees.  

Another “jackass” here taking an opportunity to remind readers of MSNBC’s Chris Matthews’s unfortunate (for him ... on a cable station in Boston that included CNN’s John King, Univision’s Maria Salenas, and the Hardball host.  

For a generation or more, Chris Matthews of MSNBC has been regaling his few fans with his declarations of intelligence or stupidity whenever a guest or a pundit comments on a particular issue. Luckily for Chrissie, if someone agrees with his opinions, they are smart. If they have the misfortune to disagree with his opinions, [...]  

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told MSNBC's Chris Matthews Thursday, "You have a more ruthless approach to politics than I do." This occurred at the end of a lengthy discussion between the two on Hardball when the host strangely began ...  

Click here to view this media I'm not sure what's gotten into Chris Matthews' drinking water lately, but we're seeing him be a bit harsher with Republicans who come on his show and just try to spew their talking points unchallenged. Matthews and Rep. Barney Frank grilled right wing bigot Tony Perkins last week over his stance on homosexuality and gay marriage, and this Monday, Matthews got a bit tougher with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers with...  

Michael Scott will discuss The Enchantress at 2 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble Southlake Town Square, 1430 Plaza Place, Southlake. Chris Matthews will discuss and sign copies of Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sixth Floor ...  

Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball on Friday to discuss dark money, anti-Obama ads, and who Corn calls "the villionaires," venting billionaires like the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson who are pouring money into the 2012 elections. David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. Follow him on Twitter.       

Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball on Wednesday to discuss Mitt Romney's campaign-trail pivot to "fairness." David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. Follow him on Twitter.       

(Michael Gaynor) - The Obama-Wright relationship is pertinent and should not be avoided because Team Obama will say that the Mormon religion has a racist history and a Mormon is going to be the 2012 Republican presidential candidate....  

Yes, Chris Matthews. There's an interesting backstory to this story (thanks to emailers for all of these links). Matthews had previously been all deferential to Tony Perkins of the "Family Research Council" — not only by not challenging his lies and distortions, but by handing out cred like cookies with comments like those noted below (see first quote block). But thanks to Obama's...  

MSNBC news host Chris Matthews said in October 2007, “Republicans want a leader! The Democrats always want a meeting.” That is, the Republicans want a leader who makes the decisions for them, while Democrats want all parties to talk things out. Matthews used the saying before the administration of President Barack Obama and the saying has been only moderately popular. Wikipedia: Chris Matthews Christopher John “Chris...  

As I noted when Piers Morgan had Tony Perkins on his show on CNN this week, if someone is going to allow Tony Perkins on the air, they should be pointing out that his organization, the Family Research Council, has been labelled a hate group and why and not be allowing him to spew hatred towards the gay community unchallenged. This Thursday, Hardball's Chris Matthews did not point out the fact that his group has...  

It's becoming clearer and clearer that the time has come for MSNBC's Chris Matthews to retire. On Tuesday's Hardball, despite virtually every intelligent person in this country knowing that Ford was the lone American car company to not accept a bailout in 2009, Matthews actually claimed President Obama "bet on" the auto giant (video follows with transcript and commentary...  

Monday night on MSNBC’s Hardball, during a segment on Mitt Romney, host Chris Matthews commented to former RNC Chairman and current MSNBC contributor Michael Steele that the Republicans were part of the “Grand Wizard crowd,” referring to the leader of the KKK. Matthews: Okay, let’s go. Well it certainly was—you’re the Grand Wizard crowd over [...]  

Mother Jones' DC bureau chief David Corn and the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss the controversy over incendiary remarks made against the Democrat party by US Rep. Allen West and right-wing rocker Ted Nugent. At a town hall meeting in Florida last week, Rep. West told voters that somewhere between 78 to 81 Democratic congressional members are Communists. He refuses to apologize for...  

On Thursday's broadcast of "Hardball," host Chris Matthews discussed a path to victory for a second Obama term: being afraid to kick out the black guy. Matthews wondered if there would be "a reluctance on the part of the voters and the political community" about "dumping the first African-American president." Chris Matthews: "Let me ask you about something which is not in the polling, but I want you as experts -- Barack Obama is the first...  

Over at the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf has written an interesting critique of Chris Matthews’ comments about Cory Booker last night on MSNBC’s “Hardball.” But while I generally agree with Friedersdorf’s larger goals regarding ...  

Activists have been trying to keep Tony Perkins and his virulently antigay views off the airwaves, but when the leader of the Family Research Council went on MSNBC today he was met with a tougher opponent than usual — Rep. Barney Frank. Perkins made his usual rash of claims, including that kids are made gay because of immoral parenting, and that the purpose of marriage is to procreate. As a result, Perkins reluctantly admitted he doesn't...  

Click here to view this media On this Tuesday's Hardball, Chris Matthews spoke to The Huffington Post's Dan Froomkin and National Memo's Joe Conason about Karl Rove's group, Crossroads GPS and their potential violations of FEC rules and their more obvious violations of the stricter IRS rules on how anyone claiming 501(c)(4) privileged tax status is allowed to spend their money. Froomkin wrote about this in his article at The Huffington Post...  

I was glad to see Chris Matthews finally get some push back about the fact that he regularly allows someone like Tony Perkins on his show, Hardball, on MSNBC. I've got a long list of other guests you could put right behind Perkins' name as well. Chris Matthews Struggles to Defend Hosting Tony Perkins: Confronted by Faithful America members challenging his pattern of inviting hate group leader Tony Perkins on Hardball, Chris Matthews...  

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews will moderate a panel discussion in Cambridge next week about the late Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill Jr.’s life in the city and what he did for the community. The free event on Tuesday, May 22, at 7 p.m ...  

The White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night brought out not only media celebrities but also their critics. The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic gathered outside of the Washington Hilton and heckled (H/T Marooned in Marin blog) attendees who walked past them or drove by. The group is known to do this every year for the past 13 WHCD's.  

Oh boy...I don't think I will be able to sleep tonight.  The constant taunts of right-wingers (like yours truly) about his famous "thrill up his leg" comment has hurt Chris Matthews feelings. CSPAN’s Steve Scully, asked Matthews about whether he still feels the that thrill during a media panel at a convention in Boston. Matthews answered with some venom, not being able to hide his hurt feelings about the treatment he has been getting...  

David Corn and Eugene Robinson joined Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss Rick Santorum's recent explosion at New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny, the Santorum campaign's "Obamaville" ad, and whether Santorum has started to unravel. David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. For more of his stories, click here. He's also on Twitter.       

When Matthews first arrived in Washington, D.C., he worked as a police officer with the United States Capitol Police. Subsequently, he served on the staffs of four Democratic members of Congress, including Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie. In 1974, he ...  

When you’re the President of the United States, most anyone can be found if the need arises. This morning on Current TV’s “Full Court Press” with Bill Press, we learned where President Obama found Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student (a.k.a. “slut” in Rush Limbaugh‘s estimation) when he wanted to speak with her by phone. As luck would have it, Fluke said it was kind of a funny story… “I was actually at MSNBC about to go on air into a...  

...The problem for the left is that they do not have a lot of interaction with conservatives, whose intellects are often disparaged, ideas are openly mocked, and intentions regularly questioned. Conservative ideas rarely make it onto the pages of most middle- and high-brow publications of news and opinion the left frequents. So, liberals regularly find themselves surprised when their ideas face pushback.  

via The Chris Matthews Show, of all things. Now gone viral. The Chris Matthews Show features our own version of the "Mad Men" opening this week, starring President Obama. Our take of this iconic sequence portrays the struggles of President Obama's 2012 campaign, showcasing his rivals and highlighting the issues that may complicate his bid for reelection in 2012. The making of it, here.  

Chris Matthews had some tense moments during a panel appearance at a cable convention on Tuesday. Matthews argued heatedly with CNN's John King and bristled when the panel moderator brought up one of his most infamous statements. Matthews' joust ...  

But watching the video is rather jarring: Matthews' passionate critique of embedded, what-officials-say-is-OK-with-me journalism sounds like Amy Goodman. It's so fundamentally at odds with Matthews' actual work that you have to wonder whether he ...  

On tonight’s Hannity, the weekly “Media Mash” segment with Brent Bozell (and, tonight, with Tucker Carlson) took a look at the media bias as experienced in the past week– much of it regarding the reaction of liberal commentators to Cory Booker‘s ...  

It's becoming obvious the Obama-loving media are in a full-scale panic over recent polling data showing the President trailing Republican contender Mitt Romney. On MSNBC's Hardball Wednesday, host Chris Matthews actually compared Romney to the ...  

It was an undeniably entertaining session between the two, with big voices, big ties -- Matthews' blindingly bright red number stood out to us ... provocative queries ("How much does it burn you that Mitt Romney, a guy who I am convinced ...  

This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, May 24th ... Anybody who wants to have a meeting with me, you grab that yellow highlighter [and] mark it in the Constitution and we'll have a meeting. If it's not there, no meeting.'" Can't we all just ...  

Television savant Chris Matthews, who ridiculed Sarah Palin, the failed GOP vice presidential candidate, as severely lacking in brain power, may now be regretting those words. The questions Matthews missed were not just easy; they were embarrassingly ...  

Roger Kimball So now Chris Matthews isn’t the only one experiencing a little thrill when he thinks about Barack (omit middle name) Obama. The recent revelation that from the early 1990s until the day before yesterday—or, to be more accurate, until Obama made his decision to run for president—a biographical pamphlet circulated by his literary agents described him as having been “born in Kenya” has been setting the world of Twitter atwitter...  

Mike Shields / Adweek: NBCU Exploring Buyback of MSNBC.com  —  Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O' Donnell and Chris Matthews Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images  —  Chris Matthews must be getting that tingling feeling down his leg again.  He and his colleagues may soon have a giant news site to call their own.  

Yes. Chris Matthews is sick of people making fun of him for declaring on national television that he got a "thrill up his leg" after listening to President Obama.  

Chris Matthews discusses Cory Booker's recent statement on the Obama Campaign and Bain Capital. "The news there, I think, was probably the president's deft handling of that sabotage, intended or not, by Cory Booker the other day on "Meet the Press.  

Chris Matthews appeared on Monday's "Jeopardy" alongside CNN's Lizzie O'Leary and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in a special "Power Players" edition of the game show, taped last weekend in Washington. And the host of MSNBC's "Hardball ...  

Kennedy Center For Justice & Human Rights Book And Journalism Awards at the United States ... speaks as he joins 'The Chris Matthews Show' round table with (L) Chris Matthews, host of 'The Chris Matthews Show,' BBC Washington correspondent ...  

My dad is a man who could care less about politics, but in the days just before the launch of the war in Afghanistan, we were watching "Hardball" together and Chris Matthews (who was just beginning his career implosion) was prattling on and on ...  

During the May 10 edition of MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews invited Tony Perkins – president of the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council (FRC) – and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) to discuss the issues of same-sex marriage and ...  

A furious Chris Matthews on Monday railed against Cory Booker for his "betrayal" and "sabotage" of fellow Democrat Barack Obama. A bewildered Matthews couldn't understand why the Newark mayor would "trash" the President. Talking to liberals ...  

A furious Chris Matthews on Monday railed against Cory Booker for his "betrayal" and "sabotage" of fellow Democrat Barack Obama. A bewildered Matthews couldn't understand why the Newark mayor would "trash" the President. Talking to liberals ...  

The University of Notre Dame along with dozens of other Catholic institutions sued the Obama administration Monday to block the mandate requiring employers to provide contraceptives to employees. In a discussion about this matter on MSNBC’s ...  

Left-leaning host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Chris Matthews, declared the comments to be an act of sabotage on his Monday program. “I want you to just hold by while we watch the president now do this very intricate response to what the mayor ...  

The University of Notre Dame along with dozens of other Catholic institutions sued the Obama administration Monday to block the mandate requiring employers to provide contraceptives to employees. In a discussion about this matter on MSNBC's ...  

Religious right hate group leader Tony Perkins really gets grilled in this Chris Matthews segment. Perkins is usually treated by the media as a legitimate commentator on gay issues, and his bigoted caveman views are almost never properly addressed; kudos to Chris Matthews for this one. MSNBC Video  

Fresh off his humiliating defeat on Jeopardy! Monday night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews actually introduced a pair of guests Tuesday as "two of the most smartest people." Almost as funny, "two of the most smartest people" in the Hardball host's ...  

It was a battle royale between Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Representative Barney Frank on Hardball with Chris Matthews. What Perkins had to say is not surprising given that he is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage and homosexuality ...  

I have a serious question for MSNBC's Chris Matthews: How many lies are you willing to tell on national television to get Barack Obama reelected? On Friday's Hardball, the host gave viewers a plethora of falsehoods and half-truths to giving us ...  

Not Surprisingly, conservative blogs are jumping all over the opportunity to prove Chris Matthews is an idiot. Matthews once said that Sarah Palin would do terribly at Jeopardy. Liberals ( and everyone, really) are also jumping on the wagon to make fun of ...  

According to Chris Matthews, the radically pro-abortion Kathleen Sebelius has "done more to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies than anyone in this country." Matthews assailed pro-life demonstrators who approve of "dictatorial laws" to ...  

Hardball's Chris Matthews ranted on Friday that Sean Hannity and Fox News are spreading "crap" about Barack Obama and trying to turn the President into a "black revolutionary" with an "automatic weapon." Of his competition on the higher rated ...  

Chris Matthews' Fiery Rant Against Cory Booker For 'Sabotage' On Obama's Bain Strategy. video. by Noah .... Matthews gets a little grumpy when the thrills up his legs aren't brought to their ultimate conclusion. What a Dufus.  

COMMENTARY | Newsbusters reports how MSNBC's angry news analyst Chris Matthews performed less than spectacularly on "Jeopardy." That Matthews has repeatedly speculated on how poorly Sarah Palin would perform makes it all the more delicious. Of all of the ...  

News anchor Chris Matthews wins $2300 and finishes dead last on JeopardyExaminer.comIn the Hindu world of karma, and the biblical realm of you reap what you sow, MSNBC news anchor Chris Matthews received his due on the May 14th airing of the game show Jeopardy. In a special presentation of 'Power Players', where Matthews went head to ...and more »  

Hardball's Chris Matthews ranted on Friday that Sean Hannity and Fox News are spreading "crap" about Barack Obama and trying to turn the President into a "black revolutionary" with an "automatic weapon." Of his competition on the higher rated ...  

It was a battle royale between Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Representative Barney Frank on Hardball with Chris Matthews. What Perkins had to say is not surprising given that he is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage and homosexuality ...  

Independent Senate candidate Angus King came under fire Friday for telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that he would consider forgoing committee assignments to ensure there's no allegiance to either party, with Republican William Schneider pointing ...  

On at least four occasions, MSNBC's Chris Matthews mocked Sarah Palin for how he felt she'd do if she were ever on the hit television game show Jeopardy!. In a delicious example of instant karma, the self-proclaimed brainiac got his chance to ...  

As NewsBusters reported last week, eleven out of twelve regular contributors to the syndicated Chris Matthews Show thought Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won't be able to take control and drive the political debate in the next six months ...  

On at least four occasions, MSNBC's Chris Matthews mocked Sarah Palin for how he felt she'd do if she were ever on the hit television game show Jeopardy!. In a delicious example of instant karma, the self-proclaimed brainiac got his chance to ...  

MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Wednesday praised President Barack Obama for endorsing same sex marriage. “President Obama remains a maker of history,” he said. “He was the first African American to serve as our President and now he is the ...  

Hardball anchor Chris Matthews, who routinely smears his political opponents as racist, on Monday lectured an African American minister who opposes ... have been chasing after the kid with long hair and cutting his hair or he would have been ...  

Speaking of Jesus Christ, Matthews ridiculously linked accusations that Mitt Romney once bullied a teen, nearly 50 years ago: "Do you think [Christ] would have been chasing after the kid with long hair and cutting his hair or he would have been ...  

Again, not shockingly, Israel did not think it was too strong. CHRIS MATTHEWS: Okay, David, you're a journalist. I know you are an advocate but you're also an journalist. Why do Tea Party crackpots keep winning elections out in the country?  

President Obama once again flipflopped on his position regarding same-sex marriage Wednesday, and his adoring media couldn't be more pleased. On MSNBC, Hardball's Chris Matthews actually called for "gay men and women who now work for the ...  

As NewsBusters reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews totally struck out on Jeopardy! Monday night after repeatedly mocking former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for how she would do if she ever went on the show. For your entertainment pleasure ...  

The gay Christian group Faithful America has been tenaciously asking MSNBC host Chris Matthews why he continues to host Tony Perkins, the hideously homophobic head of the Family Research Council. Matthews sort of blew the group off during their last ...  

MSNBC's Chris Matthews compared members of the Republican Party to the Ku Klux Klan on his show Monday night. He quickly walked his comments back after a guest challenged his remarks, and recanted them again later in the segment, saying he "didn ...  

After arguing with MSNBC contributor and former chairman of the RNC Michael Steele over Mitt Romney being a "flat-earther," Chris Matthews called the Republican party the "Grand Wizard crowd." Michael Steele called out Matthews, who eventually doubled-down on his remark. "I resent that. What is this 'grand wizard' nonsense?" Steele asked. "I should say the far-right party," Matthews retorted.  

Attorney Ted Olson, who's leading the federal case challenging Proposition 8, joined Chris Matthews and Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson on Hardball last night to discuss Obama's same-sex marriage endorsement. Asks Matthews: how long will it take to get the ...  

After guest Major Garrett suggested that Romney's attack on Wright indicated, simply, that the Republican was running a primary race, Matthews erupted. Unloading on Garrett, Matthews continued, "What, he was allowed to do it in February?...  

In any case, Chris Matthews’ comments yesterday were deeply offensive. And last I checked, while he did walk back his remarks (I reviewed the full transcript), he has yet to publicly apologize for his poor word choice. Go figure. I suppose the ...  

What is a ludicrous answer for $800? The response from Chris Matthews when a naive Alex Trebek asked him on Jeopardy!: “Do you approach it from the point of view of I have an opinion about the subject that’s going to be discussed today ...  

On MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews made a somewhat similar case for this upcoming election asking ... powerful office in the land? In 2008, America's media fell in love with the idea of the first black president and as such decided to ...  

Katie Pavlich is the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. She is also the author of Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up. “ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING! Intrepid investigative ...  

On Hardball tonight MSNBC covered President Obama speaking at live Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan to the troops. After the speech a very excited Chris Matthews compared Obama's speech to Henry the V who rallied his troops with the Famous St ...  

Oh, dear. See, this is why literary references should be reserved to the professionals. ‘Professionals’ being defined as ‘people are who not Chris Matthews,’ of course. Then I would he were here alone. So should he be sure to be ransomed ...  

So now Chris Matthews isn't the only one experiencing a little thrill when he thinks about Barack (omit middle name) Obama. The recent revelation that from the early 1990s until the day before yesterday—or, to be more ...  

Left-leaning host of MSNBC"s "Hardball," Chris Matthews, declared the comments to be an act of sabotage on his Monday program.  

This is a really scary thought. On this weekend's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman actually said the most powerful and "unifying" media figures in the country today are "the daytime women talk show hosts. It's Oprah, Ellen and The View" (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: There's a new retrospective airing...  

Did anyone watch Jeopardy today and see Chrissy "thrill up my leg" Matthews get waxed? At one point he repeated a wrong answer at practically a scream level to see if that would get by the judges.  

Chris Matthews was confronted recently by Faithful America group members about his decision to have Family Research Council president Tony Perkins appear on his show, MSNBC's Hardball. The Family Research Council has been designated as a hate group by the ...  

Is MSNBC's Chris Matthews stupid, dishonest, or both? On Friday's Hardball, the host actually said of today's report from the Department of Labor, "The unemployment rate did drop to 8.1 percent, the lowest rate since President Obama took office ...  

He is at the center of cable TV's 24-hour news cycle, boasting the rare combination of endless depths of historical insight and a seemingly indefatigable stamina to preside over nightly broadcast marathons. And yet, Chris Matthews, who worked for Jimmy ...  

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. I have to wonder how the St. Crispin's Day speech by Henry V as written by William Shakespeare would sound if read from a teleprompter. The reason for this strange speculation is that Chris Matthews yesterday on Hardball compared President Obama's speech to the troops in Afghanistan to Henry V as you can see on this video and below the fold.  

When then-President George W. Bush visited U.S. troops, saying similar things to what President Barack Obama said in his recent visit, MSNBC's Chris Matthews snarled that it was a mere "photo-op," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted last ...  

Jeopardy is an equal opportunity shameful experience, says host Alex Trebeck, after media personalities and political analysts go at it for charity. Jeopardy shows with the likes of Chris Matthews, Anderson Cooper, Chris Wallace and others taped this past ...  

COMMENTARY | MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews attempted to remain relevant on the political scene by issuing a flurry of outlandish comments and a racist attack on the Republican Party. During an interview with former GOP Chairman Michael Steele, Matthews likened the party to "grand wizard," a Ku Klux Klan term, according to The Blaze. The quick-talking Matthews is often hard to follow, but the vicious and unfounded accusations of racism came...  

“I’d like to see her on just a couple of episodes of Celebrity Jeopardy or It’s Academic Mac McGarry to just see if she knows anything.” Alright, then. You’ve probably guessed what happens next, but you have no idea how good it is ...  

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele fought back, slamming "this Grand Wizard nonsense." "Don't go there with me," he warned. [MP3 audio here.] After Steele informed the Hardball anchor that subjects such as climate ...  

pundit Chris Matthews took questions from reporters ... Who immediately begin to spout the neo-con line. I read her book — it’s full of that crap….It’s unbelievable how little this woman knows!…Don’t put her on ‘Jeopardy!’”  

While participating in a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas, in Colombia yesterday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews appeared to grow tired diplomatic tone of the panel and tried to stir things up a bit. While participating in a panel at the CEO Summit of the ...  

“I resent that!” Steele shouted, "What is this 'Grand Wizard' nonsense?" Matthews responded, "I should say the far-right party. Alright, I'll relax." Steele continued, "Are you saying that we're the Ku Klux Klan? Give me a break. Don't go there with me ...  

Minutes after Barack Obama came out for gay marriage, Wednesday, Chris Matthews appeared on MSNBC to compare opponents of such unions to "wolves" and to link them to supporters of slavery. Warning of political danger to the President ...  

Now that Keith Olbermann has been fired from a network practically invented for him, he may finally be out of bridges to burn ... "measures each word like an apothecary," and likened Chris Matthews' predilection for spurting commentary to "an out-of ...  

Chris Matthews asked what some might consider an astonishingly biased question this weekend. As he teased an upcoming segment on the syndicated program bearing his name, the said of the presidential race, "This time will it be the messiah again ...  

That’s a pretty absurd question coming from a member of the media that controls the political debate far more than the candidates do. If these folks want Obama's hands on the steering wheel, they’ll just give him better coverage and trash ...  

MSNBC's Chris Matthews, a favorite target of the conservative activists ... Other individuals who were heckled included:former Clinton administration aid Lanny Davis, Obama White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, California Governor Jerry ...  

I think that’s most telling thing about this, is that romney was silent. Matthews then cut to a clip in which Romney adviser Dan Senor spoke about the “campaign” wanted him to say, but didn’t mention Romney by name. He asked, “Do you believe ...  

"There is no slur against conservatives that's off the table" for the so-called journalists at MSNBC, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Sean Hannity last night. The Media Research Center president made that remark after viewing a clip of ...  

The group wants Family Research Council president Tony Perkins taken off the air, because, as head of a SPLC-certified hate group, they believe his hateful views on homosexuality misrepresent those of actual compassionate Christians.CONTINUED »Permalink ...  

I just finished watching/listening to Chris Matthews "interview" Joe Oliver. The show is called Hardball, right? Suggesting hard-hitting questions? Something more than what I'd see on The Today Show, for example? Chris Matthews - you're pathetic.  

After piously proclaiming that Obama's visit to Afghanistan was beyond partisanship, Matthews and his guests, Jim VandeHei of Politico and Congressman Jim Moran discuss the politics of it after valiantly attempting to put up a "nonpartisan ...  

Activists have been trying to keep Tony Perkins and his virulently antigay views off the airwaves, but when the leader of the Family Research Council went on MSNBC today he was met with a tougher opponent than usual — Rep. Barney Frank.  

On Monday, March 26 at 8:00 P.M., Holy Cross hosted Chris Matthews, ‘67, political commentator and host of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball.’ He returned to campus to speak to his alma mater about his new book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, as well as to ...  

Media bigwigs including Anderson Cooper and Chris Matthews are slated to participate in "Jeopardy's" Power Players week. The special week, which has been a tradition for the hit game show for the past three years, will tape in Washington D.C ...  

Chris set the question up by talking about what a "rock ... At one level it's silly, and at another level it's dangerous. Germany loved Hitler. He was their rock star. Every maniacal totalitarian leader first needs the public to be blinded ...  

Oh, please. Time for Matthews to chill out, methinks.  

An unhinged Chris Matthews on Monday excoriated Republican primary voters as racist, deriding them as the "Grand Wizard crowd." Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele fought back, dismissing "this Grand Wizard nonsense."  

WORCESTER — Cable news commentator Chris Matthews last night analyzed past presidents and speculated on future ones to a packed audience at the College of the Holy Cross. The 1967 Holy Cross grad weaved anecdotes throughout his speech that he ...  

Chris Matthews said he doesn't believe in "silencing people," and that includes Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and other activists have launched a campaign to keep off the air the ...  

But I am a Kennedy Man -- Irish, Catholic, Democrat -- just like Chris Matthews. Mike Smith is a Washington Political Commentator who attended St. Luke's Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia, with Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's children.  

How sad that in the year 2012, a so-called newscaster on a so-called news network thinks this. It seems a metaphysical certitude racism will never end in this country as long as people like Matthews bring slavery into every mixed race incident.  

(Jonathon M. Seidl) We already know that Chris Matthews trips over his words (i.e. he has a tendency to not finish them while he’s talking so fast), and now it looks like he’s eating them. During an MSNBC discussion on Tuesday night on ...  

Last Friday, Chris Matthews spent a portion of his show discussing ... he had a guest on near the end of the same show who contradicted his earlier statement: Ron Allen: We were able to zoom into the back of his head and there is some sort ...  

Joseph Price didn't have to wait long to learn the specific challenges he'll face as Grambling's new men's basketball coach. Walter Harrison, the NCAA Division-I Committee on Academic Performance, notified Grambling President Frank Pogue on Friday of the ...  

OLEAN, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA ...  

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (gobonnies.com ... The Sporting News Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year guided the Bonnies to 20 wins in 2011-12, the most in a season since 2000, while posting a 10-6 A-10 mark that earned a bye into the A-10 Championship in Atlantic ...  

Chris Matthews, the host of Hardball on MSNBC says he doesn’t understand how gay men and women can work for Republican candidates while hiding who they are and getting those who refuse to accept them as who are are elected to office. In the video below ...  

MSNBC's Chris Matthews, in a recent debate with former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, called the Republican Party the "grand wizard crowd." Grand wizard is the title given to the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. It is truly misinformed to call ...  

book signings and a chance to meet favorite writers. Steve Inskeep of NPR's "Morning Edition" is joining the lineup, along with Walter Isaacson, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times and Chris Matthews of MSNBC. Songwriter Jewel also is scheduled to appear.  

The other night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews argued on his "Hardball" show that Americans ... The latest fly in the ointment for Team Obama is a promotional bio Obama's book agent put out in 1991. The old copy, dug up last week by Breitbart.com, says he was ...  

There is, of course, the Dalai Lama - the book's Chinese leaders refer to him as the Dung Lotus. Henry Kissinger dispenses advice to some of the characters, and TV journalist Chris Matthews moderates clashes on "Hardball" between Angel and Winnie Chang ...  

With his trademark fade haircut, a twitter account with more than 50,000 followers and status as the best big man in high school basketball, Nerlens Noel was given the royal treatment whenever he took his unofficial visits to colleges. Now the NCAA wants ...  

St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA tournament berth since 2000.  

St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt ... We look forward to their continued success." Schmidt led the Bonnies to a 20-12 record last season, ending with a three-point loss to No. 3-seeded Florida State the NCAA Tournament. "I'm pleased and honored by ...  

OLEAN, N.Y. -- St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA ...  

Coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with St. Bonaventure that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies to their first Atlantic 10 basketball tournament title and their first NCAA tournament berth since 2000.  

418 batting average over the past 13 games. In the Tuesday doubleheader against St. Bonaventure, the junior had two doubles and a home run over the two games against the Bonnies. He followed that up with a 3-4 game Thursday in a must-win game for the Bulls ...  

The Celtics had a handful of players in town on Friday, a group that included St. Bonaventure star Andrew Nicholson ... In his four seasons with the Bonnies, he never shot worst than 56 percent from the field. And knowing how the Celtics love to use ...  

St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA tournament berth since 2000.  

With the departures of Andrew Nicholson, Da'Quan Cook, and Jake Houseknecht, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies needed to go out and get a big man for next season. On Monday afternoon, according to the Olean Times-Herald, head coach Mark Schmidt did just that ...  

With the departures of Andrew Nicholson, Da'Quan Cook, and Jake Houseknecht, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies needed to go out and get a big man for next season. On Monday afternoon, according to the Olean Times-Herald, head coach Mark Schmidt did just that ...  

With the departures of Andrew Nicholson, Da'Quan Cook, and Jake Houseknecht, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies needed to go out and get a big man for next season. On Monday afternoon, according to the Olean Times-Herald, head coach Mark Schmidt did just that ...  

Jimmy Kimmel is doing his best Jerry MaGuire impression on national television. Apparently, Kimmel felt it was important for him to do his part on the behalf of UNLV. The comedian and late-night TV host tweeted high school All-American forward Anthony ...  

The removal of slippery decals from basketball courts -- something we can all agree on-- isn't the only recommendation the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Committees (MWBRC?) made to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP -- now there's ...  

St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA tournament ...  

St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first NCAA tournament ...  

OLEAN, N.Y. -- St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt signed a contract extension Wednesday with the school that will keep him in the fold through 2018-19. Schmidt led the Bonnies in March to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and their first ...  

28. Oklahoma City Thunder: Andrew Nicholson, PF, St. Bonaventure Nicholson's game has improved steadily over four years with the Bonnies, and after developing his shot-blocking and rebounding skills further last season, he's ready for the big time.  

Many Michigan basketball fans see 2013 as the end of the Ed Martin booster scandal. According to the NCAA sanctions handed out a decade earlier, the Michigan athletic department will no longer be banned from associating with and recognizing the ...  

In his senior season in 1994, his knees already shot, Curry and the Hawks played a first-round Atlantic 10 Tournament game at the Palestra against St. Bonaventure. The Hawks, who were .500 heading into the game, trailed the Bonnies by 16 points ...  

I guess when you consider Chris Matthews hosts a show on the same network as race baiter Al Shartpon and union yuppie Ed Schultz, maybe he is a centrist, but in the real world, Matthews sits to the far left on the political spectrum.  

"I love that show!" Chris Matthews said over the weekend, promoting the premiere of Mad Men. The show's producers put together a mashup of the opening credit sequence supping a silhouette of President Obama in the opening credit sequence.  

Baseball. With one turn through the order - and getting six runs in the third inning - Temple pitcher Matt Hockenberry got all the support he needed as the Owls beat host St. Bonaventure, 8-6, in Olean, N.Y. The Bonnies scored five runs in the ...  

Nicholson led the St. Bonaventure Bonnies to their first Atlantic 10 Tournament title and the March Madness tournament for the first time since 2000. He racked up numerous awards this past season at St. Bonaventure, including the 2012 Atlantic ...  

Eight days after making a fool of himself on Jeopardy!, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was back to impugning the intellectual capacity of Sarah Palin. After playing a clip of the former Alaska governor discussing why she wanted John McCain to focus on ...  

In 1999, Clarke left his longtime post as coach and athletic director at Archbishop Walsh High School in Olean to join Baron's staff at St. Bonaventure. In 2000, the Bonnies earned their first NCAA bid in 22 years and finished with a 21-10 record.  

Matthews said it was Obama"s "amazing story" that gave him that "physical reaction."  

Matthews interviewed Bishop Harry Jackson, who has spoken out against Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage. Speaking of Jesus Christ, Matthews ridiculously linked accusations that Mitt Romney once bullied a ...  

On Monday, MSNBC show host Chris Matthews and CNN correspondent Lizzy O'Leary lost out to Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs. Among the players slated for the remaining nights this week: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dr. Oz, Chris Wallace and Lewis Black.  

He also serves as NBC News' on-air political analyst for "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today," "Meet the Press and MSNBC, including "Hardball with Chris Matthews." Mark Murray is NBC News' Senior Political Editor. Since joining the ...  

ST. BONAVENTURE,  —The St. Bonaventure baseball team (19-22, 7-12 Atlantic 10 Conference) scored double-digit runs for the first time in 22 games as the Bonnies snapped a season-high five-game losing streak with a 16-10 win over Temple (18-30 ...  

ATLANTA—All three divisions of NCAA men's basketball will see their 2013 national champions crowned during Final Four weekend in Atlanta. The NCAA has announced that for the first time, the Division II and Division III titles will be awarded ...  

Last weekend, Faithful America members from the Boston area confronted Chris Matthews at a book signing in Framingham, Massachusetts about his track record of inviting Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on Hardball as a ...