This is the podcast for October 7, 2011. It's not safe for work.

Recorded live from just outside, Chris Matthews' political Barbie Dreamhouse. It's the professional left with drift glass and blue gal.

We got to talk about Chris Matthews.

In a larger context.

And I know this is, what's weird is there is so much news going on right now that this Chris

Matthews debate that he had earlier this week feels like it was six months ago to me.

I know.

And it was this week.

And when we saw it, we really wanted to talk like, we have to podcast about this.

And then Steve Jobs died.

Sarah Pillon said she's not running.

Chris Christie said he's not running.

Marco Rubio said he doesn't want to be anybody's vice president.

Go away and leave me alone.

And, you know, and then Obama had a press conference this morning, which I missed because I was at church doing church stuff.

So I want to hear about that from you. But this thing that Chris Matthews did that was a bonus show for him was about how

how should Obama run this time around.

And of course, there was a complete false dichotomy of should he run far left or should

you run as a centrist like Clinton did.

Just like Clinton.

And it was, that was the thing that stuck out.

It was, because the Chris Matthews hardball show, which is a, you know, it has really serious defects as a, as a piece of journalism or a piece of media.

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