This is classic. What’s even more incredible than Matthews arguing that his role as a journalist is to “make [Obama's presidency] work successfully” is how long it took Scarborough to jump on it. Later in the clip Matthews says his job is to “debate the issues.” Hello? No it’s not! That’s the Republicans job, or the people’s job. Journalists and reporters are not supposed to be taking part in the debate — their job is to report and analyze, offering conflicting, confounding, and as much background information as possible so WE can debate and understand the facts. But Matthews would rather make sure that Obama’s tenure has CRACKLE! Holy smokes. It’s going to be a LONG four years.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah, well, you know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency work, and I think that – JOE SCARBOROUGH: Is that your job? You just talked about being a journalist! MATTHEWS: Yeah, it is my job. My job is to help this country.

SCARBOROUGH: Your job is the make this presidency work? MATTHEWS: To make this work successfully. This country needs a successful presidency.