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Matthews staying put on air

Print | Comments () Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor January 8, 2009 10:07 AM

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Political junkies won't be missing the wit, guffaws, and sometimes head-scratching cultural and historical references of Chris Matthews anytime soon.

The commentator and host of "Hardball" on MSNBC told his staff Wednesday that he won't run for US Senate in Pennsylvania after all, several media outlets are reporting.

Matthews -- who admitted post-election that he was partial to Barack Obama, readily apparent during the campaign -- had been mulling a campaign against Republican Senator Arlen Specter in 2010.

Matthews, a former top aide to then House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill of Massachusetts, ran for a northeast Philadelphia congressional seat in 1974 but lost the Democratic primary.

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