Hardball   |  December 03, 2012

Matthews: We, the ‘nobodies’

Chris Matthews says the Republican Party needs to get over their losses from the 2012 election and get to work on helping the country move forward with the “nobodies” they claim were elected instead.

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>>> let me end up tonight on this thing about the nobodies having re-elected president obama . i'm talking about the way the other side looks at it, the people wonder about the emergence of the so-called underclass, people being pulled out of their apartments to vote last month. the people who voted for john f. kennedy back in '60 were the same collection of nobodies, the less well off, the people without a lot of sway in business or in power generally. no, they just happened to be the people who have a right to vote and used it. and this is more than disturbing to the people who are calling the shots. it's been downright stunning, in fact. and just as stunning four weeks later because they weren't ready for it for the simple reason they weren't used to it. well, it happened. and let's assume not for the last time. somebody may actually reach a deal on tacks and spending on the upper income people and those who vitally depend on things like social security and medicare and medicaid. they should consider who won and who needs to be considered here. why? because the nobodies is the big shots like they call them also have a stake in how this deal gets cut. and