On AlterNet: hardball

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Does Obama Have the Guts to Play Hardball?

William Greider, The Nation. November 14, 2010.

So far, Obama's governing style is too nice for real-life politics, where Boy Scouts get their heads handed to them.

Chris Matthews and His 'Hardball' Follies: Taking Us to New Depths of Dumbed-Down Politics

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 20, 2010.

MSNBC's Chris Matthews personifies the puffed-up self-importance and total lack of self-awareness that has come to define America's media punditocracy.

Thomas Friedman Can't Stop Comparing Afghanistan to a "Special Needs Baby"

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 7, 2009.

From Charlie Rose to Hardball, Friedman has spent months polishing his favorite new metaphor.

Why Is Tom DeLay Even Allowed On TV Anymore?

Melissa McEwan, August 31, 2007.

Melissa McEwan: The guy is a crook to his core, and far from being gifted with the sort of charisma that makes one an irresistible TV source.