Matthews' post-forum pressing issues: Edwards' size, Clinton's voice

Published: August 8, 2007, 5:52 pm

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

During MSNBC's August 7 coverage of the AFL-CIO Democratic presidential forum, host Chris Matthews asked Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson about former Sen. John Edwards' (NC) performance: "Why did they seem to be glancing blows that didn't grab the audience? Is the fact that he's a small man -- I mean, literally, physically?" Robinson responded: "He's not physically that small." Later, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan said that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY) sometimes "moves from being strong to being strident," and that "she was getting close to it toward the end." After he added, "She didn't go too high," Matthews interrupted, saying, "You didn't hear the fingernails on the blackboard. ... You didn't hear them." Matthews then asked the panel, which also included former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, "You all agree?" In contrast with Matthews' comments on Edwards' size and Clinton's voice, Matthews has

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