Media Matters for America

Matthews did not challenge Madden's claim that McCain "trying to hug" Clinton voters given McCain's recent comments about her
On Hardball, after former Mitt Romney spokesman Kevin Madden claimed that Sen. McCain, "whether he's talking about health care or ... he's talking about what he really likes about Hillary Clinton, how he's worked well with her -- he's trying to hug those voters because he believes that his calculus for victory is right in the middle. It's not playing to the -- to the left," Chris Matthews did not note that McCain has derided Sen. Obama's health care plan as "HillaryCare." Read More

Matthews: "Can Obama now win over the regular folks, white folks, against John McCain?"
On the July 7 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews teased an upcoming segment by saying: "They're the working-class white voters Hillary Clinton won and Barack didn't. Can Obama now win over the regular folks, white folks, against John McCain? We'll ask the strategists." Read More

Matthews: Is Obama "too University of Chicago or too South Side Chicago" for working-class voters?

Matthews: "They're the working-class white voters ... the regular folks"
On the June 30 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, host Chris Matthews teased an upcoming segment by saying: "Up next: They're the working-class white voters Hillary won and Barack didn't. Can Obama win over the regular folks against John McCain?" Read More

Matthews: Does Obama "connect with regular people" or just African-Americans and college grads?

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