That said, I think Matthews is simply laying the groundwork for his post Nov 2nd/post-Obama future.
Matthews sees that Obama is a goner and unless he (Matthews) wants to ride off into the sunset with him, he had better start being honest about Obama.
Andrea actually nailed it at the start before Chris interrupted her. The first RED FLAG that started his slide was the Cambridge incident. He nailed the cops before he had the facts. He acted like a reflexive black agitator before he had the facts. Once people saw that, they had a window into the soul of man WE KNEW ALL ALONG.
Remember that in the impeachment era he was so critical of the guy that he supported earlier and then in the last year of Clinton’s term he forgave all again. He just has to always distance himself from his leftist picks so he can claim he opposed their criminal actions.