Specter V. Matthews: Potential Matchup Polled

It's no wonder that Chris Matthews is making bold vows about wanting "to do everything I can to make [the Obama] Presidency work." As it turns out, preliminary polls indicate that Matthews is going to be in need of some of that "Barack bounce," if he wants to fulfill his longstanding dream of being elected to the United States Senate on the basis of his tireless protestations that he is the only person in America who truly understands the working class. According to a new poll from Public Policy Polling, Matthews has barely a pulse in a projected matchup with incumbent Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, trailing him 40-27%.

Of course, forty percent is really no great shakes for an incumbent who could end up getting targeted from the right for bruising primary battle similar to the one he endured in 2004. But as terrifying as it is to consider the prospect of Chris Matthews serving in the United States Senate, I'm sort of dying to see these two in a debate. Given Matthews propensity for recalling picayune moments of governmental history and Specter's well-versed expertise in citing intensely obscure legal precedent, it would likely be the Death Race 2000 of political trivia contests.