Senator Matthews?

That bucklehead Chris Matthews may have succumbed to that tingling in his legs and decided to run for Arlen Specter’s Senate seat in 2010.

Matthews met with state party leaders this week in Washington to discuss a possible bid. Mary Isenhour, the executive director of the state Democrats, told The Patriot-News of Harrisburg that she left the meeting feeling that the host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” still hadn’t made up his mind.

“He’s got a lot of things he still needs to consider,” Isenhour said. “He’s got a really good job with MSNBC. I think he’s going to put some thought into it before he jumps in.”

A quick perusal of some blogs gets what should be a disappointing response for Matthews. An Obamista says it’s finally a reason for him to cross party lines and vote for Specter. Another blogger who claims that he left the Democrats because Pelosi and Reid weren’t far enough Left says “Tweety” Matthews denies he’ll run. But another says Matthews has been “staffing up” from the Obama team. A general conspiracy theory nutjob is worried that he’ll be forced to vote for Specter.

Judging from the general lack of support, I wonder how Matthews figures he’ll win – unless he’s doing it just to get those tingles. Of course, he could always just keep his cell phone on vibrate, put it in his pocket and call himself repeatedly – that might be easier to take than watching Matthews campaign and lose – again.

Category: Politics