Romenesko

New York Times Magazine
But "I have a lot of options," says Chris Matthews. "I'm a free man starting next June." || Mark Liebovich writes in his Times Magazine profile:
* Friends say Matthews is wary of another up-and-comer, David Gregory, who last month was given a show at 6 o'clock, between airings of "Hardball."
* If Matthews has an overriding professional insecurity, it is being confined to the pigeonhole of cable blowhard. The insecurity is well founded, since this is how many people view him.
* Matthews envisions his role in this presidential campaign to that of Eric Sevareid and Walter Cronkite in 1968.
* Tim -- as in Russert, the inquisitive jackhammer host of "Meet the Press" -- is a particular obsession of Matthews's. Matthews craves Russert's approval like that of an older brother.