I’ve seen Kathleen Matthews appear on her husband’s Hardball program a few times, but I don’t really know anything about her beyond what they’re writing in their profiles now that she’s expressed interest in running for Congress.
If she winds up serving in Congress, which doesn’t seem unlikely, it will be interesting to see, potentially, both Chris Matthews and Bill Clinton in their roles as prominent spouses of prominent female politicians. I guess Bill auditioned for the role when Hillary was serving in the Senate, but being First Gentleman would be a different kettle of fish.
Ms. Matthews would be taking over Chris Van Hollen’s Maryland seat, and Van Hollen would be trying to replace Barbara Mikulski in the Senate.
I’m a little surprised that Van Hollen wants to make the leap to the Senate because he seems on track to be Speaker one day in the not too distant future.
