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Howard Dean Debates Health Care With Mary Landrieu, Chris Matthews (VIDEO)

Posted 12.17.2009 | Media


Howard Dean is digging in. The former DNC Chairman appeared on MSNBC's Hardball on Wednesday, getting into a heated health care debate with both host...

Alan Grayson Tells Dick Cheney To 'STFU' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) put his sharp tongue to use again on Hardball this evening. Chris Matthews asked Grayson about Dick Cheney's penchant for tak...

Joe Scarborough For President? Mark McKinnon Floats The Idea On Hardball (VIDEO)

Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Joe Scarborough could be a great Republican presidential candidate in 2012, according to Republican strategist and media adviser Mark McKinnon. McKin...

Chris Matthews: Obama Made Speech At 'Enemy Camp,' Cheney Is A 'Troll' (VIDEO) UPDATED

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media


***UPDATE 5:55PM*** Matthews has apologized for referring to West Point as an "enemy camp" when talking about President Obama's speech last night: No...

Jason Linkins

Chris Matthews Thinks Health Care Reform Is Being "Hung Up By The Left"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media


On this evening's edition of Hardball, Chris Matthews hosted Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, and the two men proceeded to have the...

Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

"Hardball" Explores Palin And Liz Cheney As The New Faces Of The GOP (VIDEO)

Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


A "Hardball" panel featuring Democratic strategist Steve McMahon and Republican strategist Todd Harris discussed whether Sarah Palin, whose book comes...

Michael Rubin, Bob Baer: Better Than 50-50 Chance Israel Strikes Iran Within A Year (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics


Michael Rubin, resident scholar at the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute, and Bob Baer, a former CIA officer who now writes an...

Jason Linkins

James Traficant Is Out Of Jail And On Hardball

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media


This afternoon, on Hardball, Chris Matthews hosted an interview with James Traficant, the Youngstown, Ohio Democratic Representative best known for hi...

Chris Matthews Hits Joe Wilson: He Offered Obama "A High-Schooler's Definition Of An Apology" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Chris Matthews is less than impressed with GOP Congressman Joe Wilson's apology to President Obama for his outburst during Obama's speech to Congress....

Rep. Wilson's Insincere Apology - Hardball

Landon Ross | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media


Landon Ross

Why do Republicans, within the media, excel in getting away with far more egregious acts than Democrats ever would? It is one of their most impressive talents as a party.

Blagojevich Defends Scooter Libby On "Hardball" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich was a guest on "Hardball" as he continues to defend himself against charges that he tried to sell to the hig...

Bruce Fein On CIA Torture Investigation: "My Objection Is It's Much Too Narrow," Needs To Include Cheney (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Bruce Fein, a former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan, made a couple of important points tonight on Hardball regarding the inv...

Chris Matthews Slams Gov. Rick Perry For Secessionist Group Involvement: "Ignorance Of These People Is Unbelievable" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Despite the ridicule Texas Governor Rick Perry received when he suggested during a 'tea party' protest that Texas could secede from the Union if it wa...

Democracy in the Crosshairs: Guns at Town Halls

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Brian Levin, J.D.

Assault rifles haven't replaced placards yet outside presidential townhalls on healthcare reform, but their emergence serves as another disturbing symbol of where political discourse is heading.

Remembering an Amazing Marine, Candidate, and Man

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

This week brought tragic news that among the painful and heartbreaking losses of those Killed in Action was Bill Cahir, a Marine Sergeant, killed in Afghanistan.

Chris Matthews' Race Problem

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media


Mark Joseph

Every night, Chris Matthews raises race as the reason President Obama is encountering so much opposition. But he's wrong. And though he may not intend it, he's the one who is injecting race into these debates.

Tales from the Lobotomy Ward: The Stupidest Republican Talking Point I've Heard in a Long Time

David Sirota | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

It's moronic for conservatives to believe that they will derail a proposed universal health care system by likening it to a program whose only problem is that the public loves it far too much.

Fox and G.E. Reach Deal to End O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media


It was a media cage fight, televised every weeknight at 8 p.m. But the match was halted when the blood started to spray executives in the high-priced ...

Ex-GOP Rep. Tom Davis Warns Republicans: "We've Become A Rural And Southern Party" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


Tom Davis, a former GOP Congressman from Virginia, had some tough, but seemingly sensible, advice for his party during an appearance on "Hardball" on ...

Jason Linkins

Rachel Maddow Discusses 'Birthers' With Washington Independent's Dave Weigel

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media


Everyone's been talking about these crazy insane "Birther" folk, and their amazing, generations-spanning, bipartisan super-conspiracy to get a Kenyan ...

Jason Linkins

Bad Day For 'Birthers' As Matthews Picks Up Where Sanchez Left Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media


Earlier this afternoon, CNN's Rick Sanchez did a segment on the so-called "Birther" movement: that merry gang of wackjobs that gallivant around the co...

The Day the Dialogue Died: Remembering George Liston Seay

John Milewski | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media


John Milewski

George was a practitioner of the increasingly lost art of conversation. He found his fellow humans, of all political persuasions, endlessly fascinating and used his program to learn about them.

Bill Maher Defends Sanford: "At Least Sanford Was Truly In Love" And Not Having "Sleazy" Sex With The "Easiest Roadkill" He Could Find (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Bill Maher, comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time," appeared on "Hardball" tonight to discuss a wide range of issues, from Maher's trip through the So...

Chris Matthews On Liz Cheney Running For Office: "Sounds To Me Like She's Caught The Political Bug" (VIDEO)

Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Dick Cheney's daughter Liz has been one of his most vocal defenders since he left office, appearing all over the networks to push back against critici...