1.0 link 146753 <![CDATA[Chris Matthews Senate Run Speculation Fueled By Meeting With Pennsylvania Democrats]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/26/chris-matthews-senate-run_n_146753.html The Northeast's dwindling cast of Senate Republicans has Democrats circling Arlen Specter's seat in Pennsylvania, convinced the party is well-positioned to make a competitive race out of the 2010 election.

Leading the pack of prospects -- at least in celebrity -- is Chris Matthews, the MSNBC "Hardball" host and a former Capitol Hill Democratic staffer. The Philadelphia native has been toying with a run for months, and this week he sat down with state Democrats to discuss the prospect of taking...

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