Matthews opened the special midnight live "Hardball" by talking about how O'Donnell's win in Delaware over Rep. Mike Castle for the GOP Senate nomination was evidence of the extreme anger against the president. In the immortal words of John McLaughlin, "WRONG ( Read more... )

In my post a few weeks back about the primaries in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Arkansas I put the lie to the myth of this "anti-incumbent mood" in the US. Last night on her show, Rachel Maddow states the same thing I did, more or less, on the night of 18 May. In fact, she states that SC-4 Republican Representative Bob Inglis is the only incumbent ( Read more... )

Hmmmm...there's is, if Chris Matthews is to be believed, an anti-establishment mood to tonight's primaries ( Read more... )