Chris Matthews hosts "Hardball" on MSNBC and
CNBC. He writes a nationally syndicated column for the San
Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of "Hardball" and
"Kennedy and Nixon." He was Washington Bureau Chief of
the San Francisco Examiner from 1987 to 2000. Prior to
becoming a journalist, he was a White House aide and
speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) and a
senior aide to House Speaker Tip O'Neill (1981-1987).