‘I Want Him Back’; Matthews Declares Obama Is ‘Still Thrilling to Me,’ Admits Dems Need to Step Up

Curtis Houck | August 1, 2019
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On Thursday night, it appeared as though MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews was tired from the long hours covering the 2020 Democratic presidential debates as he observed #TBT with riffs about how Barack Obama and his rise are “still thrilling to me” even though “[t]he only thing I've ever had against Obama is when he recedes from us” because “I want him back.”

During his A-block panel recapping the debates, Matthews declared that he wanted to talk about “the historic nature of Barack Obama running in '08 and ‘12 was so dramatic, I can understand why people who — of color who don't normally vote, think it's all B.S. or whatever showed up because it was so thrilling.”