On Monday's edition of "Hardball," MSNBC host Chris Matthews promised former Secretary State of State Hillary Clinton that he and his two liberal guests would help her win the White House if she runs in 2016.
After a lengthy discussion of Clinton's possible run in 2016 with Salon's Joan Walsh and Mother Jones' David Corn, Matthews offered his services.
"If you're watching, Madam Secretary, all three of us have brilliant ideas. All of us have great ideas. And I especially put myself in that group with Joan and David. We know how to do this, we’ll get you in there," he said.
"Although there may have been a little tongue in Matthews' cheek, everyone watching knew full well that he meant it, and that his mission in the next 44 months - as well as that of likely every MSNBC contributor and guest - is to get Clinton in the White House," Newsbusters' Noel Sheppard wrote.
Clinton has not yet decided if she will run in 2016, but a recent Quinnipiac poll gave her a 61 percent approval rating, 10 points higher than Barack Obama and 14 points higher than Joe Biden.
Corn said Clinton has a "good year" to decide if she is going to throw her hat into the race but said her age may be an issue.
“The last three presidents we’ve had have been 46, 54 and 47 when they took office. America has turned to younger, more vigorous people,” he told Matthews.
Walsh, however, disagreed.
“I would match Hillary Clinton’s sense of being capable of keeping a very vigorous schedule against anyone’s. The pace she has kept in the last four years, in the last eight years would tire any of us,” she said.
MSNBC said that Clinton appeared unstoppable in 2008, but lost to Obama.
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