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As a young man Matthews supported Barry Goldwater, but was inspired to become a Democrat by Eugene McCarthy's anti-Vietnam war platforms. When Matthews first arrived in Washington he was given a patronage job as an armed officer with the United States Capitol Police.[1] In Washington Matthews worked for four Democratic politicians. He worked in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie before himself campaigning for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, losing his party's nomination to Pennsylvania Congressman Joshua Eilberg in the Democratic primary in 1974 (in which Matthew's received 14% of the vote). He was a presidential speechwriter for four years during the Carter administration, where he drafted much of Carter's famous "Malaise" speech. Matthews later worked six years as a top aide to long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neill.
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63! I didn't believe it either.
Hardball is my favorite political show. I like Matthews.
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