Tag: Chris Matthews

On Friday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews speculated on the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination and predicted former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 GOP nominee for president, would once again receive the party’s nomination despite the

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher, along with MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews and TV One’s “NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin expressed their agreement with Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber’s comments about the stupidity of voters on Friday. Maher said that

On Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” made the point that President Barack Obama was willing to negotiate with a rogue element like the Iranian regime on the issue of nuclear weapons, but

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews talked about his experience interviewing East Germans after the collapse of the Berlin Wall nearly 25 years ago on Friday’s “Hardball” and said that it showed him that systems fail “when they fail to deliver

Late Tuesday after the majority of the results of Wednesday’s midterm elections came in, left-leaning Huffington Post Washington bureau chief Howard Fineman declared this the end for the Obama presidency. H was asked by host Chris Matthews, “Which party has

Thursday at the Aspen Institute’s “Washington Ideas Forum,” MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews said the Republicans could pick up as many as 10 Senate seats because the democrats have nothing to offer voters except running away from the unpopular leader

MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews railed against the Democratic Party’s handling of Ebola crisis and failure to instill confidence in the government’s competence on Wednesday’s “Morning Joe.” Matthews argued that Democrats have “much higher stakes in this [the public’s perception

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of being “tribal” against Mexicans and Africans on Friday. After reading Cruz’s statement on the selection of Ron Klain as Ebola czar, which included a comment about securing the southern

On his Monday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews admitted that President Barack Obama’s response to Ebola left much to be desire – so much to the extent that he said it was comparable to the problem-ridden ObamaCare rollout

Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews,” Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) agreed that in the words of host Chris Matthews that the Republican-endorsed voter ID laws are an attempt to “screw the black voters” in addition to suppress Democratic voter

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused the president of “playing politics,” “running for office,” and “playing the ethnic groups,” and argued that this has prevented him from passing a major legislative accomplishment like immigration reform on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports”

MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews declared that President Obama had become a “custodian of bad news” and appeared to argue the president had started becoming “lazy” in his second term on Wednesday.  “Let’s get tough here. Is this the problem

On his Tuesday “Hardball” broadcast, MSNBC host Chris Matthews reacted to the news that the first Ebola case had been diagnosed in the United States in Dallas, TX. That led to an exchange between Matthews and his guest, so-called ObamaCare

MSNBC’s “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews was critical of President Obama’s address to the nation on ISIS during MSNBC’s special coverage of the event on Wednesday. Matthews argued “I didn’t hear in there how we’re going to encourage the Arab countries,

Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host  Chris Matthews became pointed offered his thoughts on the word “homeland” after playing a clip of President Barack Obama using the term. Matthews launched into a rant saying, “I’m uncomfortable with the phrase homeland. It

MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews criticized President Barack Obama’s statement on the murder of journalist James Foley on Wednesday.   Even though he did say that the president’s statement was “powerful,” after playing a clip of the president saying the US

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews discussing the presidential press conference that had just wrapped up, said he understood President Barack Obama’s answer to whether he will grant work permits essentially creating amnesty for up to 5 million illegal

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews was in a surly mood, opening his interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) by saying, “I’m running out of hope.” Matthews interrupted Warren’s stump speech about Republicans destroying the middle class with trickle-down

MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended the Tea Party and praised Virginia’s 7th Republican primary victor Dave Brat in an appearance on “Ronan Farrow Daily” on Wednesday. He said Brat is “very sophisticated for a politician. He’s certainly up to the

On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO, Chris Matthews was mocked for his repeated claims of having worked as a speechwriter for former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill…

Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Rep.Chris Van Holland (D-MD) discussed the EPA announcement earlier in the day of new regulations that will force approximately 600 existing coal-fired power plants to reduce their carbon pollution 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.