Senator Chris Matthews?

Interesting news coming out today:

Chris Matthews, it appears, is in.

FiveThirtyEight has been hearing for some time that Matthews is serious about running for the United States Senate, but it took a trip to Georgia among the Georgia-runoff-congregated and well-connected Obama organizer throng to confirm.

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 is likely to run for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 2010. Matthews, 62, would run as a Democrat. Arlen Specter, the aging Republican incumbent, will be 80 if he chooses to run for re-election.

Chris Matthews takes a lot of shit from the right and the left (e.g. watch his Daily Show interview), but I happen to be one of those people who actually like the guy. There are very few people who genuinely love and are passionate about their craft as Chris Matthews.

Sure, he goes a little overboard. There were times when it seemed like he wanted to secretly give Barack Obama a blowjob. But in the end, if he is elected senator, I think he would be a good one. It's less about power and more about believing in the American government for Mr. Matthews. And that sort of naive idealism is not such a bad thing in the end.