The real difference between relationship politics and transactional politics is loyalty. [Barack] Obama doesn't seem to expect it.
Chris MatthewsI think in places like Pennsylvania, there`s folks who want our next president to talk like a hawk, but fly like a dove.
Chris MatthewsJust look at who won the third debate between Bush and Gore. I knew Bush won, because people liked him more. People just didn't like Gore. But all the journalists thought Gore won big, he cleaned the guy's clock.
Chris MatthewsI love what Joe Eszterhas written about Bill Clinton. It's hilarious, Clinton as a rock star, which is the way we should remember him.
Chris Matthews[Donald] Trump faces the perhaps accumulation of all the wealth in the world on the head of [Marco] Rubio, because Rubio's the last gasp of hawks and establishment Republicans.
Chris MatthewsBe tough, hold a tough line, but don`t be running off into another war, especially since even if you support our troops and you want to have a robust foreign policy, you recognize that we have - we have been overdeploying our men and women, and we have been spilling our blood and treasure, and we need to be more careful.
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