".........I can't believe it two weeks in a row civility on the Chris Matthew's show! What is he up to?"
IMHO, the grownups in network management got fed up with the ratings and earnings death spiral, hauled Chrissy back behind the woodshed and told him if his ratings dropped another ten thousandths of a point he would become instantly unemployed.
Been noticing little hints of things like that in a lot of the MSM lately, although the tactic reminds me of stepping on the brakes after you've driven over the cliff.