Chris Matthews is jumping off the Obama Express. The man who once got tingles running up his leg just by the thought of Obama appears to suffering less and less from the phenomenon of the Obamagasm.
Here is Chris Matthews from November 1, 2010, Hardball on MSNBC.
Chris Matthews: When he was a campaigner, he said what a great country it is, what an exceptional country it is. A guy like me made it. He was patriotic and inclusive. He was interactive. Ever since he’s been president, he’s elitist and come with a teleprompter. He hasn’t listened. He’s talked at us rather thn with us.
Andrea Mitchell: That’s what he’s projected?
Matthews: No, he brings the teleprompter with him.
Mitchell: You don’t think he’s interacted even with the town hall meetings?
Matthews: No. and I think he hasn’t explained himself. Lincoln had to explain the civil war. Roosevelt had to explain everything. You have to take people along with you. I think he’s guilty of the elitist charge. If you are going to spend $1.6 trillion deficit in one year, you have to explain to the American people why you did it. he never explained economics the way you were taught it.