Shocker: Hardball Panel Critical of Obama on Stimulus, Leadership, Tim Geithner - Video 2/23/09

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Is the bloom on the rose starting to fade? Here is video of a Hardball Panel led by none other than Chris Matthews himself actually being critical of the leadership of Barack Obama thus far on the economy! They have typically been as partisan for Obama as possible, but Matthews, along with Howard Fineman and Euguene Robinson, are more than a little critical of the Stimulus Plan and Obama's ability thus far to really convince the nation that he knows what he is doing.

NOTE: Matthews calls Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner "Barney Fife" during the discussion, and Eugene Robinson calls him "Doogie Howser." In other words, he has not managed to even impress the partisan hacks in the Democratic Party.