Ham Murabi
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When “Hardball” host Chris Matthews began floating the idea that he might seek Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s seat in 2010, observers suspected he was trying to bolster his position in contract talks with MSNBC.
But Matthews is “still serious” about running for office, Paul Bedard reports in his Washington Whispers column in U.S. News & World Report.
Sources close to Matthews “now tell us that he’s eager to reach out to important Pennsylvania voting groups and leaders and has even won the backing of his wife,” according to Bedard. “One big concern: his nasty hit on Sen. Hillary Clinton as a ‘she devil,’ for which he was slammed as sexist.”
On the NBC-syndicated “Chris Matthews Show” last Nov. 18, Matthews teased a discussion by asking, "'She Devil?' Republicans are absolutely demonizing Hillary Clinton."
While he spoke, an image of Clinton appeared on screen with the words "She Devil?" below it. Later, an image of Clinton with devil horns appeared on screen.
An associate told Bedard, “He is concerned he ruined it with the women vote.”
Matthews’s contract expires next year, and New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich wrote in April that NBC officials would like to renew it for considerably less than the $5 million a year he is making now.
But Matthews is “still serious” about running for office, Paul Bedard reports in his Washington Whispers column in U.S. News & World Report.
Sources close to Matthews “now tell us that he’s eager to reach out to important Pennsylvania voting groups and leaders and has even won the backing of his wife,” according to Bedard. “One big concern: his nasty hit on Sen. Hillary Clinton as a ‘she devil,’ for which he was slammed as sexist.”
On the NBC-syndicated “Chris Matthews Show” last Nov. 18, Matthews teased a discussion by asking, "'She Devil?' Republicans are absolutely demonizing Hillary Clinton."
While he spoke, an image of Clinton appeared on screen with the words "She Devil?" below it. Later, an image of Clinton with devil horns appeared on screen.
An associate told Bedard, “He is concerned he ruined it with the women vote.”
Matthews’s contract expires next year, and New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich wrote in April that NBC officials would like to renew it for considerably less than the $5 million a year he is making now.
