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With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, the fixation on the Republican Party’s chances for a comeback are evolving into speculation over the future of the GOP should the Tea Party make a serious indent on their collective persona. In light of this, Chris Matthews argued Friday night that the GOP’s biggest problem will not be President Obama or the Democrats, or even the Tea Party candidates themselves, but what to do about Sarah Palin, the candidate. “There’s no doubt in the world that she… carries tremendous clout when she endorses candidates,” Matthews conceded. But for the Party, that may not...

Chris Matthews, on Monday's Hardball, decried the GOP for obstructing Obamacare as he scolded the Republican Party as "nasty" and "narrow in it's appeal" and strangely accused it of no longer being "a party of grand conservatism," as if opposing the current liberal version of health care reform isn't being conservative? Matthews, along with Democratic Representative John Larson of Connecticut, also wistfully pined for the days of a less combative GOP as the Hardball host wondered what happened to "the moderate Republicans" that "used to work...for positive government. CHRIS MATTHEWS: You know Congressman, I've never seen the Republican Party so...

Here is video of MSNBC's Chris Matthews saying Sarah Palin is "frightening," after playing a comment she made in an interview with Fox News Chris Wallace. Palin had been asked about possibly running for President, and how if she thought President Obama would be strong or weak politically in 2012. Palin responded that it depended on what happens between now and then, and gave as an example "what if" Obama "played the war card," - decides to "declare war on Iran." She said that would change the dynamic dramatically. Matthews said she is "frightening," and said "everyone knows a President...