In the meantime, let’s not lose focus on what’s important in this election. It’s not my stunning televised defeat in “Stump the Chump.” Thankfully, it has nothing at all to do with me.
What’s important is the direction our country is headed. What’s important are the priorities, methods, and, yes, accomplishments of those seeking the highest office in the country.

So here's a challenge for Chris Matthews, or anyone else in the media who wants to take it up. Go over Clinton and Obama's actual legislative records. Find the genuine legislative accomplishments that each has to his or her name. Report to the American people on what you find. Until you do, don't accept statements from either side about who has substance and who does not, or who traffics in "speeches" and who offers "solutions". That's lazy, unprofessional, and a disservice to your audience.
Do your jobs. Don't leave it to bloggers like me to do it for you.

Having Watson stammer and gulp his way through the segment might have made for good television, but insofar as Matthews' job is to inform his audience rather than create striking YouTube clips, he should have actually taken charge of the segment. That's sort of the problem with these shows: They don't know whether they're supposed to inform their audiences or create compelling television, and sometimes letting the latter happen means accepting that the former won't.

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