Will Chris Matthews Run for the U.S. Senate in 2010?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Will he or won’t he? That, apparently, is the burning question about perennial lightning rod, MSNBC journalist Chris Matthews. (See Profile of Chris Matthews, Host of MSNBC’s Hardball .) Lightly regarded rumors have been whispered for months that Matthews may run for the U.S Senate as a Democrat from Pennsylvania in 2010, but those rumors have taken a turn for the serious since Barack Obama’s election to the White House. And Matthews has done little to discourage rampant speculation. But is he serious about entering the national political arena, or is this merely a negotiating ploy to beef up his MSNBC contract which expires in June 2009? Here are the basic stories in circulati