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[Liberalatus]

He said this country needs a successful President. He didn't say Obama needs to be successful. He is supporting our president, as he is, because right now is not the time to start splitting this country apart again, which is exactly what Joe is attempting to do. You act like people started heavily criticizing Bush, like they do now, right out of the gates. Bush earned every single bit of criticism he gets. But Matthews is going to start doing the right thing, which means doing real reporting and commentating, rather than just taking pot-shots and nit-picking and tearing Obama down at every chance he gets, right from the start. If Obama EARNS it, and does horribly, Chris will do his job and report it. But right now, there are a number of people in the MSM who are already gearing up to take Obama down with every negative angle they can. Obviously, Matthews doesn't want to take this route. He is giving Obama a fair chance. That is good commentary. This is the exact OPPOSITE of what you see at Fox, where their agenda, plain and simple, is to take down Democrats, further the Conservative agenda, and continue as a Propaganda machine for the Right. To compare the two is really so far a stretch, it almost like you are just looking for any way to criticize that you can, baseless or not.