As you may have heard, Penn grad Harold Ford Jr. isn’t running for New York Senate. But before Ford was broadcasting his thoughts on the New York Times Opinion page, he was doing it in the Daily Pennsylvanian. And thanks to excellent archiving, we have two Op-Eds for your enjoyment. (We know the New York Daily News wrote about this a while back, but they didn’t share the goods.)
Both articles in full, after the jump.
Philly native and proud papa to a Penn sophomore, Chris Matthews won’t challenge Arlen Spector for his senate seat next year, the New York Times reports. (And the story was reported by the NYT’s television biz reporter rather than someone from the politics desk, MediaLOL.) Whether Matthews was ever seriously considering a run is still unclear: though his ego is certainly large enough to give birth to delusions of granduer and a “political calling,” he may just have been playing “hardball” (heh) with NBC execs to get his contract renewed. See ya at Parents’ Weekend ‘09, Mr. Matthews!
