Host of Hardball (MSNBC) & The Chris Matthews Show (Nationally Syndicated, check local listings)

As a teenager, Chris Matthews became enthralled with the historic rivalry of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Hardly a decade later he was engaged in American politics professionally in the Peace Corps in Africa, the US senate and then his tour in the White House as a presidential speechwriter, and aide to the legendary Speaker of the House, "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.

Chris switched to full-time journalism, serving as Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner and in 1997, he launched Hardball, now on MSNBC, which was the title of his best-selling handbook on real-life politics published in 1988. He has been on the air every weekday night since. In 2002, NBC inaugurated Sunday morning's "The Chris Matthews Show."

He is the author of five best-selling books and his new book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, was releases in November 2011.

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