During Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary coverage on MSNBC co-host, Chris Matthews, declares the race between Obama and Clinton to be essentially over before the polls closed in Pennsylvania and blames “the media” for creating a horse race he says doesn’t exist.
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“…But I really do think it’s a strange time because we’re all watching to see who won, but as Nora pointed out, 4 out of 5 ,or so, of the Hillary voters today believe she’s still in the running. That this is still up in the air and I think that was probably a mistake of the media. I think in the effort of the media, to try to keep this game going, we’ve created the delusion that somehow this race is still open. I don’t think it is open. I think if you look at the numbers Barack has to really blow it in the weeks ahead to lose.”
Matthews need only look into the archives of his own show and his work on MSNBC’s primary coverage for some of the creepiest, most delusional rants and bizarre political hackery to be found anywhere on the tee vee.
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Wow, I actually agree with Mathews. I’m officially scared.
Wow he made somewhat a of an intelligent point
Someone mentioned earlier today that they heard Matthews say that. They should have been saying this for weeks
Wow. I couldn’t believe my ears when he said it. Who gave Chris the smart juice.
langx @ 4:
Ha!
he’s finally right
Chuck Todd explained this to him six weeks ago. Guess it takes that giant baby head a while to process teh math.
I think that’s the first time I’ve agreed with that blowhard in months.
I think that this was just another swipe that chrissie took the opportunity to make at the expense of the hated clinton woman.
chrissie just can’t wait to go after Obama. That’s his real story line.
“Clinton Captures Crucial Win” in large font is what I see on the Yahoo! home page right now.
“Clinton Claims Victory in PA Primary” on CNN.
The media just loves a horse race. They’re still not going to call it over!
I’m shocked! Too bad I don’t expect Tweety to keep telling the truth like he should.
I think the moron meant illusion not delusion. I give you people props for watching him and that silly network.
speaking of hillz:
DEAR AMERICA:
trust the transylvanians w/ your transactions, even when they treat them like trollops?
I thought that the candidate needed 2,025 electorial votes to win. obama doesn’t have that many, and he can’t get that many. This will have to be a brokered candidacy.
If obama can’t carry one big democratic states and only manages to pick up the little republican states full of blacks, how in the devil can he win the general election. The Democrats who see the obama candidacy as a descent into the nether regions of you know where….WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA. They trust McCain much more. WAIT AND SEE. The good old boy’s club popping their little blue pills are going to be much much disappointed.
“…we’ve created the delusion that somehow this race is still open..”
Matthews did admit he was part of the problem.
Matthews is looking more and more like Tweety, Maybe it’s the receding hair line,
Mathews is an idiot. The fact that Obama could not win as a front runner who spent more than 2x the money Clinton did is showing a huge problem for him in the General. All the states that the Democrats must win he has lost (Ohio, Florida, Michigan). He wins all the states that Democrats will not win (the Bible Belt).
Another mistake he made just happened, he mentioned during election that Thomas Jefferson was the father of the Democratic party. I believe he was president under the Republican ticket and helped form the Republican party. Saying he was a Democrat is like Republicans trying to claim JFK would be a Republican today.
As usual, Mathews is an idiot
Marge @ 15:
What makes you think that Obama can’t carry the big Dem states, because he lost them to Clinton? That isn’t much of an indicator of how he’ll do against McCain there. It seems you think that a lot of Dems are racist. I hope that isn’t true.
Something ironic about this McSame lover Matthews saying any form of the word delusion.
One thing is certain: The Dems have got to revise the way primaries work. It is anachronistic that some states have their vote in January while others wait until May and June. With the advent of air travel there is no reason for such a protracted season. We should condense it to a period of three months or less.
Oh shut the F up you blathering idiot……mathews! You are a supreme Hillary and woman hater! You supported the idiot and totally irrelevant goof ball living in the white house as we speak. Just shut the F up …..stuff a sock in your piehole!
What path are we being led down? Where is the money that is stearing this ship? The power of this country wants what?
A McCain presidency will continue to line the pockets of the thieves in Iraq.
A McCain presidency will continue the wholesale theft of public resources to select private industry (coal, nuclear, oil….)
A McCain presidency will maintain the current dicatatorial powers of the presidency — but this time there will be an angrier nut case with no self control in power…
It doesn’t matter who wins - Obama or Clinton - they have to beat McCain.
Where’s the music club? Fella gotta relax his whiskers after all this drama.
maybe there’s hope for matthews.
some of the most delusional tories turned the eve of the revolution, y’know…
I guess I assume Clinton can still win or she wouldn’t be in the race.
E.L. @ 23:
E.L.?
Tweety’s leg seems to be behaving tonight. Maybe he can have another moment after North Carolina.
Apparently word on the street (from the DNC) is that Florida and Michigan will count. Now Obamabots can really go nuts.
It’s like the million monkeys with a million typewriters and one types out “Hamlet”: the sheer number of words coming out of Matthews’ mouth meant that he was bound to say something true, eventually.
jmac @ 28:
I sincerely hope that you are wrong. If those delegates are seated as they now stand it will be disastrous for the democratic party.
Marge @ 15:
I just don’t buy the idea that the swing states won’t vote for Obama. He’s a motivator who has got the democratic vote out better than anyone in a long time. It seems to me that they have a candidate who might be able to get the vote out in ADDITIONAL states that could swing. Also, don’t forget that a good VP choice can attract more voters.
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If you stayed tuned to MSNBC, you would have been treated to the Most Bizarre Pundit Exchange of 24/7 election news: Pat Buchanan and Rachel Maddow on Decision ‘08.
Rachel was discussing some of the day’s developments in a completely non-partisan manner, and Buchanan lost it and almost yelled: “Enough with that Maxist rhetoric!” Talk about overreacting. Maybe McSame’s notorious temper is rubbing off on some of his supporters.
jmac @ 28:
Link?
jmac @ 28:
I think Florida should count as is since they were both on the ballot. Michigan is another story. Obama wasn’t even on the ballot there, it’s only fair to re-vote and then count. The DNC or the Michigan State Democratic Party should take out a loan to pay for the election and get it done in May or June. That way whoever the candidate is will be considered legitimate with all states getting their say.
Damn Obama’s speech was good!!! He even fixed a camera of an audience member afterwards. Looked like anyway. She was trying to take a picture. He leaned over and flipped the switch for her. She was taking too long. The job got done. Let’s elect this. He is inspiring. She is well. old. tired. fear mongering. condescending. etc.
I think the Clintons know something we don’t. Another shoe is going to drop — for instance Florida and Michigan counting. There’s a reason she’s still in the game and it isn’t her tenacity. There will be shenanigans.
I don’t doubt Obama’s political prowess. But the fact is/was in the last few states, the late deciders are going away from Obama. that is not a good trend in a general election.
In the General, the Democrat nominee (whomever that is) must win 2 of the Michigan/Florida/Ohio combo.
If the nominee is Obama, he is going to be forced to spend money in California because McCain thinks he can compete there and with Arnold as governor he may be right.
Also, the Reagan Democrats are not voting Obama, they are voting Clinton in all the Rust Belt states that Obama is not from. If he loses Indiana too I think he has big general election problems. This race should be a blowout after these 8 years and the fact that it isn’t is troubling
seth @ 19:
What is true is that when you put a inexperienced machine politician who has three strikes against him, Wright…Rezko…Auchi, and who has never been to the EU or the ME against ‘War Hero’ McCain beloved of the MSM you are looking at a McGovern-style blowout.
The only good thing about the upcoming GE disaster for the Dems is that those of us who refused the Kool-Aid won’t have to listen to any more Barry Hype.
Be messy cleanin’ up after all those exploded heads though.
Not seating Florida is killing the Democratic party. People are asking for and getting their money back. Voters are saying they will sit it out. If Obama could have won the full delegate count, of course they would not have counted. But neither can win the delegate count now without super delegates. Obviously, you have to let Florida and Michigan have more clout than super delegates. Especially Florida.
I was told when I called two days ago they would be counted. Also, Open Left had an article a few days ago that also said they’d be counted.
“I think in the effort of the media, to try to keep this game going, we’ve created the delusion that somehow this race is still open. I don’t think it is open.”
Tweety is right for once.
nonbeliever @ 34:
I differ only in that both states require do overs. Senator Obama did not campaign in Florida and deserves a fair shot at those delegates. I might add that the failure to address this issue will cost the democratic party dearly in November.
Dave @ 37:
Please refer to the nominee as the democratic nominee. When you say democrat nominee, you sound repugnantcant.
It’s pretty obvious the media and their powerful corporate leaders are the only ones who have anything to gain from letting this “horserace” continue.
Tweety’s garnered a lot of eyeballs from this boxing match. Along with ABC, CNN, Fox, etc.
Nobody who’s rich and powerful cares what Democrat wins. They want them to be bloodied and drained of energy and resources.
They know the odds are stacked against ANY Republican, and they need to do anything to get McCain elected.
Imagine what a candidate who says he’s going to fight the corporate interests might do to interfere with their unfettered corporate greed.
Peter G @ 41:
Hillary didn’t campaign in Florida either. Also, I don’t think splitting the delegates 50/50 is a viable solution. McSame’s camp will definitely make an issue of Michigan’s and Florida’s voters getting disenfranchised. I do agree that we need to settle this by June. This is a DANGEROUS issue. We can’t afford to take any state for granted.
Matthews is a complete idiot. He has been the biggest horse race proponent on cable. He is one of the most guilty for the garbage that passes as news today. He avoids vital stuff to druel over GOP legislators and fellow pundits. He is a hack. He could have been talking about important issues in our country for the last 8 years, but his sophamoric babble has harmed this country dearly. They all deserve our disdain. Soon they will be completely irrelevant. News will be internet based and be completely interactive. The good journalists will adapt, but Matthews is not a journalist.
Chris is a delusion
Peter G - wasn’t it Obama who nixed the do-over? I think it’s too late now to set up a redo now. Didn’t Hillary’s camp even offer to pay for the redo in Michigan?
Tweety has been a boor, a jackass, a misogynist, and an Old Spice-smelling senior citizen-lover throughout this campaign. But of all the asinine things he has been saying for over a year, this time, I think he’s precisely correct.