One Acceptance

One note on my previous post on Palin's Heckava Job in the VP debate: I said that the TV analysts were giving Palin a pass over the low bar they and the McCain campaign set for her.

One acceptance on this: Chris Matthews nearly made me wince as he unrelentingly asked (or attached) his "Hardball" guest about the lack of gravitas and knowledge displayed by Palin. He seemed so biased, almost partisan. I know - this is the critique Republicans are making about MSNBC. As I listened to his word, watched the gravity in his face, and listened to the emotion in his voice, it occurred to me that Matthews was pouring out his heartfelt personal concern for the country at a precipitous moment. It is refreshing to get this honest sense of passionate - if reckless - abandon in the chattering classes.