TV : Matthews and Olbermann - Can Two Grown Men Share a Broadcast Together Without Driving Each Other Crazy?

Matthews and Olbermann: "No I will NOT insert my neck into your grip of death!"

My wife is at the convention in Denver this week which means she ran into Sean Penn in the elevator ("He looked angry - that's so sexy") spoke to Al Franken on the convention floor hotel lobby and got to feel the electric charge of Hillary's speech last night. But by not watching it on television she missed out on this exchange between a seemingly drunk and disheveledly rambling Chris Matthews and a bemused Keith Olbermann with Dick Martin doppelganger Steny Hoyer waiting in the wings. Enjoy!

Politics: Hoyer -- Immunity For Telecoms on the Table

Steny Hoyer tests the political winds...but is he too cautious by half?

Top House Dem Steny Hoyer of Maryland said today that Democrats would "consider" what President Bush and his telecom cronies want desperately : immunity from prosecution. It is now clear that major telecom companies in the United States broke the law at the behest of the Bush administration and spied illegally on Americans. We still do not know the extent of the illegal activity -- nor will we ever if the freedom haters in the White House have their way. House Majority leader Hoyer points out reasonably ""We have not received documentation as to what in fact was done, for which we've been asked to give immunity..." Today the President made clear that no such documentation will be forthcoming. Democrats should hold the line and send this bill (with or without telecom immunity) to the dustbin where it belongs.