MSNBC Hardball With Chris Matthews December 18, 2010
good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, d.c. leading off tonight, the democrats. for two weeks, president obama was taking heat from the democratic left over the tax bill. now, that it's law today, the president sits atop the middle ground. can this give him an advantage as he begins his third year in the presidency? charles krauthammer, a man of the right, says it can and it does. also, the president may be about to chalk up another win that will convince some of those on the left there is now a very real chance that don't ask, don't tell will be repealed this year. the sena...