Posts Tagged ‘Chris Matthews’
Morning Roundup—Digging Out Edition
This whole snow story just won't die, will it? You got:
DDOT: We’ll Get to Side Streets Before Other Jurisdictions
"If not today, it'll be tomorrow."
That's the promise of John Lisle, a spokesperson for the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in a long-ranging interview this morning with City Desk. Lisle was referring to DDOT's sked for hitting the residential streets with plows and salt and so on.
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Morning Roundup: Suck It, Chris Matthews Edition
CHRIS MATTHEWS PLAYED HARDBALL last night with the District, pounding Fenty like back-to-back snowstorms. D.C., said Matthews, has "the weather of Buffalo with the snowplowing capability of Miami." LL dispatched Matthews nicely last night; for a more nuanced take check out yesterday's Kojo NnamdeNnamdi, on which I heard DDOT head Gabe Klein remind people that you can't fund snow removal with the expectation that you'll get 15 inches a year, then freak out when that isn't enough money to deal with 60.
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Chris Matthews Pounds Fenty Snow Response
Chris Matthews had knives out for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on his MSNBC show tonight, calling D.C. "a city that can't plow its streets."
"Why can't a government town do a government job?" he asked. "It looked like Siberia without the Siberian discipline. We had the weather of Buffalo with the snowplowing capability of Miami."
Chris Matthews To Run For Senate
Huffington Post reports that MSNBC "Hardball" anchor Chris Matthews is running for senate in Pennsylvania. The website writes:
"According to multiple sources, who confirmed the Tip O'Neill staffer-cum-MSNBC host has negotiated with veteran Obama staffers to enlist in his campaign, Chris Matthews will run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. Matthews, 62, will run as a Democrat. Arlen Specter, the aging Republican incumbent, will be 80 if he chooses to run for re-election."
Seems like that weird feeling Obama inspired in Matthews' leg reached his head. I wonder if people in PA will take him seriously. Whatever happens it will at least be a fun race to watch. I hope there will be some moments like this:
