Information, please!

John Cole has a wonderful idea:

In short, yes, Chris Matthews, a plebiscite would probably vote for gasoline at $2.00 a gallon, but what would be awesome is if there was some way, some form of giant medium where the sort of information discussed above could get out to the general public. Some system by which allegedly informed individuals could spread this message to large numbers of people, and when politicians claim that offshore drilling and drilling in ANWR will magically return us to $2.00 gasoline, these allegedly informed people could call “bullshit!” and let the public know the pols are full of it. Maybe even a system in which things are “broadcast” into people’s homes on a box-like apparatus with pictures and sound. Maybe they could even use high-speed cables and satellite to beam that information to consumers. That would be awesome, but it would probably require that the people sending the message be smarter than a stump.

A reason to get up in the morning

Tweetie.

Matthews's contract expires next year, and NBC officials clearly would like to renew it for considerably less than the $5 million a year he is making now. Whether it's a formal talking point or not, NBC officials seem bent on conveying the message that they could get the same ratings, or better ones, for considerably less money.

"People I respect."

Chris Matthews is a very, very strange individual.

People like me who care about this country think I've been disrespectful to Hillary Clinton, not as a candidate but as a woman.

The View vs. Hardball

We finally understand where Chris Matthews stands in the spectrum of modern political discourse.

UPDATE: It occurs to me, however, that this implies a rough parity between Hardball and The View, which sounds just about right. In fact, if I ever open a bar, I shall call the ladies' room "The View" and the men's room "Hardball." I don't think anyone will have trouble figuring it out.