Despite his faults, Chris Matthews strikes just the right chord on occasion.  Witness his grilling of  Politico's Jonathan Martin re: their seemingly cozy relationship with former Vice President Dick Cheney.  Matthews rightly points out that what Politico is doing is NOT reporting, but merely regurgitating when they breathlessly parrot Cheney's ( Read more... )

The level of political discourse in this country will ONLY change if we insist on it. Go to Media Matters Action Network: Change the Debate and sign their petition. The 4-debate series starts this Friday, and unless we put pressure on the moderators, these encounters will be just as vapid as some of the ones were during the primaries.