‘Chris Matthews bemoans partisan shift’

Telegram & Gazette

Chris Matthews ’67 returned to his alma mater, College of the Holy Cross, Monday night to a full Hogan Ballroom. On account of his new book, “Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked,” MSNBC’s “Hardball” host offered his audience a glimpse into the “unique relationship” between Democratic House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill Jr. and Republican President Ronald Regan, which he details in his book. He continued to discuss the shifted nature of the bipartisan divide in the United States today and its projected effects on the 2016 election.

Featured as a headlining story in the Telegram & Gazette, reporter Steven H. Foskett Jr. writes, “That spirit of cooperation and bipartisanship seems long gone on today's political battlefields, and Mr. Matthews noted that much of it comes down to simple math. Republicans can consistently oppose President Barack Obama because they have little incentive to work with him or Democrats, he said. Recent voting patterns bear that out, and point to more of the same in coming elections, he said.”

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This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Evangelia Stefanakos ’14.