Fast Chat: Close Listener

Newsweek, October, 2007

Chris Matthews tends to show little patience for politicians on TV, but as he writes in his new book, “Life’s a Campaign,” he’s learned a lot from them. One of the big lessons? The power of listening. NEWSWEEK’s Susannah Meadows took note.

I would not have expected you, the hostus interruptus of “ Hardball, ” to have an

appreciation for listening.

It was the way Bill Clinton got girls, and he taught it to his wife as a way to get votes. Another one of these rich ironies. My mistake in the old days was drinking with girls and saying how great I was.

You write about your failed run for Congress when you were 28. Might you give it another go someday?

I would admire myself if I did.

That doesn ’ t...

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