Hardball, first published in 1988, is like a modern version of Machiavelli's The Prince, only much more richly illustrated, with anecdotes drawn from talk-show host Chris Matthews's stint as a congressional staffer (where he worked for, among others, renowned Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill).Discussing such basic principles as "It's not who you know; it's who you get to know" and "Don't get ...

Good evening. I‘m Chris Matthews and welcome to a special election eve edition of HARDBALL. That‘s the USO Troop of Metropolitan New York, just part of the celebration going on here at ...

Hardball with Chris Matthews, Transcript 08/18/15 Guests: Paul Singer, Gary Samore, Valerie Plame Wilson, Anne Gearan, SteveMcMahon, Jason Johnson Aug. 18, 2015, 11:00 PM UTC

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Stay classy, Charleston. Let`s play HARDBALL. Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews in Washington. With just eight days until South Carolina`s Republican primary, a poll finds ...

Good evening. I‘m Chris Matthews. Welcome to HARDBALL. The president met with to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to talk about the crisis in the Middle East today, and announced he‘s sending ...

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST, HARDBALL: Let‘s play HARDBALL. Good evening. I‘m Chris Matthews. Welcome to HARDBALL. For the past four years this has been a country divided by the war in Iraq.

'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for May 28. Read the complete transcript to Friday's show. May 31, 2004, 6:51 PM UTC. Guests: Tom Selleck, Sally Bedell Smith, Laurence Leamer.