Read more at NewsBusters | "You guys get to vote in five days. We can't wait to see how it turns out. Don't screw it up!" Those were the curious parting words that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow gave at the conclusion of Thursday night's Democratic primary debate which she moderated at the University of New Hampshire alongside colleague Chuck Todd.
Read more at NewsBusters | "You're kind of cranky, but you know your sh*t!" That's how Hardball host Chris Matthews complimented his guest, former Gov. John Sununu (R-N.H.), as he thanked him for appearing on the Thursday night edition of Hardball. Matthews instantly recognized his gaffe and apologized to Sununu and fellow guest Howard Fineman for using such a "Trump word."
Read more at NewsBusters | In a chat with the publisher of the Manchester Union Leader this afternoon on MSNBC in which the two were discussing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's ramped-up attacks on the Florida senator, Chris Matthews trotted out a tired line of his about how Marco Rubio is a "robot" who was programmed by the "neocons."
Read more at NewsBusters | "[T[here is no way we get through this campaign without Donald Trump suing Ted Cruz." That's a prediction that MSNBC All In host Chris Hayes dropped on his guests, NBC News Trump campaign correspondent Katy Tur and the Huffington Post's Sam Stein. For her part, Tur was inclined to disagree. "I don't know. I, I don't think so."
Read more at NewsBusters | Concluding his interview with the chairwoman of the New Hampshire Republican Party in a Manchester diner on Wednesday afternoon, MSNBC host Chris Matthews went on an odd tangent about how the topography of the Granite State supposedly makes it edgier than "flat" Midwestern Iowa. To be fair, Matthews did preface his query to Jennifer Horn by saying it was a "really great…
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Read more at NewsBusters | Some highlights from Chris Matthews's softball chat with Hillary Clinton on the February 2 edition of Hardball. Among the gems: Matthews all but apologizing for not appreciating, at the time, Clinton's come-from-behind win in New Hampshire in the 2008 Democratic primary.
Read more at NewsBusters | Bernie Sanders is out of touch with the experience of many small-town Americans, CNBC anchor Kelly Evans hinted on the February 2 Closing Bell program. The local Walmart in her small town growing up was a "godsend," according to Evans, who was raised in Lexington, Va. Evans made the remarks following a report by colleague John Harwood in which he played a soundbite of…
Read more at NewsBusters | Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, February 2, Andrea Mitchell reported that the HIllary Clinton camp was "in a meltdown as this race [the Iowa caucus] got closer and closer."
Read more at NewsBusters | Explaining the difference between how Republican and Democratic caucuses are conducted in Iowa, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow noted that while Republicans tally votes statewide on a one person/one vote system, Democratic caucuses are more complicated and involve physically moving caucus-goers around the caucus room.
"In herds," NBC's Brian Williams helpfully offered by way of…