Discussing poll question on Clinton's "warmth," Matthews said: "She has to smile when she puts the knife in"

Published: August 8, 2007, 5:50 pm

Tags: chris matthews, hardball, msnbc, 2008 elections, government elections, hillary clinton

On the August 7 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, prior to the AFL-CIO's Democratic candidates' forum airing on MSNBC later that day, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell referred to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that 39 percent of respondents said they "feel positive" toward Clinton on the issue of her "warmth and compassion," while 30 percent said they "feel negative." Saying that Clinton's "negatives are still so high on warmth and compassion," Mitchell asserted that Clinton "has to show some personality and some likability, because she really has to show that she's approachable and a little bit softer than she's been in the past." Hardball host Chris Matthews replied: "I know. She has to smile when she puts the knife in." From the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: 17. Let me read you a number of characteristics and ask you to evaluate Hillary Clinton on each one. For each item, please tell me whether

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