Arlen “Hannibal” Specter should not run again. Get a real Republican in there to defeat Matthews.
Matthews timing may not be very good. By 2010 Obama’s socialism will be in collapse and the 2010 election may look like 1966 for the Dems.
The Republicans, at every political level, continue to have very difficult times winning in all of the blue states, so having decent conservatives running in all of the blue states may still continue to lead to big losses by them in ‘10, ‘12, and beyond. Since the 1950’s, having decent conservatives running in Massachusetts hasn’t worked out very well in most circumstances, and conservatives remain clueless about what to do about states like Massachusetts other than vote with their feet and try again elsewhere. I fear that this same pattern of “conservative losing streaks” from within Massachusetts is now beginning to go national, starting in ‘09.