“Chris Matthews was supposed to spend a couple of hours Tuesday night schmoozing with ad sales clients on behalf of his recently renewed syndicated The Chris Matthews Show.” But then “President Bush declared during the last 15 minutes of Mr. Matthews’ live telecast that Democrats on the Hill would never get to question advisers Karl Rove and Harriet Miers under oath,” TV Week’s Insider says.

“Mr. Matthews and his show live for such juicy political red meat. So the party became an event he visited ever so briefly before” heading back to the studio to anchor a second live show…