Media Research Center reports,
How detached is Chris Matthews from the rest of the country? The Hardball host on Thursday appeared bewildered as he conceded to being “totally unprepared” for the prospect that Obamacare might be “ripped off the books.” Talking to Chuck Todd, Matthews asked his fellow MSNBC colleague if he would be “surprised” to see the Supreme Court strike down the health care law.
Matthews then confessed, “I was totally unprepared because of the way people talked.” The anchor insisted that “intellectually,” he knew it could be a problem, but “I never heard it discussed politically as a prospect, that they actually might get his major achievement just ripped off the books.” He never heard it discussed? [MP3 audio here.]