Chris Matthews: Tea Party Support For Texas Secession?

It seems as though cable news producers have a laminated rundown of topics to discuss on each night’s show: Sarah Palin? Check! Tea Party? Check! Texas Secession? Whaaa? Kudos to the brains behind Hardball , for coming up with relatively new and unique take on the Tea Party movement. Host Chris Matthews — and his Texas-residing guests — discussed how Texas Governor Rick Perry (and Tea Partiers ) have been casually throwing around ideas of secession. A dangerous game, or delightful fodder for cable news? Why not both!?

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