Chris Matthews is right to demure away from any talk about running for Senate against Arlen Specter…until his contract is up next June, Matthews can't very well be a political pundit in the pocket of the Democrats as well as a politician running for office. Even Karl Rove had the decency to wait until he was out of the White House before going on Fox News.

Still, somehow Matthews name always gets thrown around when discussing the Senatorial seat in Pennsylvania that will be up for grabs when Specter's term ends in 2010…so even though the Hardball host keeps saying he has "no plans" in public, you know that's just what media consultant/coworker Dan Abrams tells him is prudent.