"Chris Matthews and Ed Rendell, working-class heroes — in their dreams"

[Jamaal510]

More: http://www.salon.com/2014/11/03/chris_matthews_and_ed_rendell_working_class_heroes_in_their_dreams/

CHRIS: Teddy came to town, and he was eating Philly pretzels and meeting with the Cardinal. You could do that in those days. And Carter was in his Rose Garden because of the [Iranian] hostages. And I’m handling Philly. These guys rolled us over.

ED: But we only won by 7,000 votes statewide. It was almost a Pyrrhic victory. Because by the time [the nomination battle] reached New York and Pennsylvania, it was over.

Good times. These two guys adore one another. Which is nice. Except for their politics.

ED: I think you’re gonna have a divided government no matter who wins in ’16. But I would say there are two people in the field who have the ability to maybe bring the Congress together: Hillary on the Democratic side, and Jeb Bush on the Republican side. Part of it, Chris, is just the interpersonal skills. I had a Republican legislature for six of the eight years [I was governor], and yet everything I talked about in the 2002 campaign, we made significant progress on. Because I knew how to sit down and horse-trade.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. Thanks for posting. But, wish Salon had something more important

to write about than picking apart these two people. surely

[DonCoquixote]

2. horse trade

a synonym for fucking us over