You didn't know it was "Hardball Plaza"?
"Hardball Plaza" .... I thought that was in New York City, but with Chris Matthews hard selling his show, I bet he "self-brands" every place he goes.
Oh Lordy! David Schuster is hosting MSNBC's "First Look". Usually there's an anchor babe in the early am chair. David's duds defy description: A black striped gansta suit, with wide lapels, gingham checked shirt, and a butt ugly, (I've never seen anything like it), purple paisley-like tie. I wonder if Fashionista Schuster gets a wardrobe allowance?
Fun Friday News on Cynthia McKinney
"Less than two weeks before the Democratic primary run-off election, polls are showing trouble for at least one incumbent candidate.
A poll from Insider Advantage shows incumbent 4th District U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney trailing challenger Hank Johnson by more than 20 percentage points – with 47 percent of respondents supporting Johnson, and only 23 percent saying they support McKinney. 30 percent remain undecided in the poll.
Pollster Matt Towery says the number of undecided voters could still change the final outcome of the election.
McKinney’s camp had been quiet since election night, but now she has picked up some key endorsements.
Former Ambassador Andrew Young and several DeKalb County pastors came forward to say they are supporting McKinney in her bid to keep her Congressional seat.
“I am not saying, in any way, shape or fashion, that I have lost support,” McKinney said. “What I am saying, is that we have a double whammy before us.”
During a rally at a Decatur restaurant on Thursday afternoon, she received endorsements from various religious leaders who say they are tired of the division and support her.
“Use your one vote to tell everyone that we will not be split; we will not be compromised. But we will do what is necessary to put this vessel, this prophet of God back into her seat,” said supporter Collette Gunby.
Then it was McKinney’s turn to address the crowd. She talked about her problems with the Bush Administration and her issue with Georgia’s open primary system, and the Republican crossover vote, which she says hurt her election night. Finally, she talked about her well-publicized run-in with a Capitol Police officer last spring, which she says played no role in her ending up in a runoff.
“That issue is gone,” said McKinney.
Then she unveiled a radio endorsement from Young that started running on local radio stations on Thursday.
With just a little more than a week to go until the runoff, McKinney says her focus is on turn out, and making sure her core supporters get to the polls.
McKinney faces Johnson in a debate on Monday.
But Johnson isn’t waiting for that debate to get his platform across. The former DeKalb County commissioner spoke out on Thursday about McKinney's endorsements and her claims about Republican cross-over votes.
Johnson has spent the last nine days since the primary meeting the people of the 4th District.
“I started campaigning seven months ago, and that's the reason why we made the runoff – (It) is because people want to see us represent this district and they know that we're not about controversy. We're about solutions and not politics," Johnson said.
Johnson says if elected he plans to improve transportation in the district."