It’s so humorous sometimes listening to Chris Matthews analyze an issue in real time. He often gets so caught up in the moment or one point that he completely loses all analytical skills.

Matthews seems to think that Hastert did well in today’s press conference. Naturally, he’s missing the point. He and his guests are not addressing one critical fact – Hastert failed to notify the Democratic member of the page board! That fact makes clear that Hastert was more concerned about politics than getting to the bottom of Foley’s problems with pages.