One argument for the GOP nomination Mitt Romney has over his rivals is that his time in the private sector gave him enough experience to effectively create jobs, and because unemployment figures are so dismal, the nation should put Romney in charge so he can fix it. But with the latest numbers showing unemployment is steadily dropping down to 8.3 percent, Chris Matthews wondered if Romney will be able to sustain that argument for much longer.

Susan G. Komen founder Nancy Brinker stopped by MSNBC Thursday to discuss the specifics of and the reaction to news that the organization would cut its funding for Planned Parenthood’s screening and treatment initiatives. Brinker, speaking with Andrea Mitchell — herself a breast cancer survivor who has participated in Susan G. Komen’s “Race for the Cure” — was asked whether a controversial hiring within the organization might have had an impact in its decision.

Tuesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports was off-the-heezy when MSNBC homegirl Andrea Mitchell — or A-Meezy — breathlessly reported, “Fo shizzle? Did Snoop Dogg really just endorse Ron Paul!?” Oh no she didn’t!

Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings spoke with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about President Obama’s record and made the extraordinary claim that President Obama had “some 508 promises that he made to the American people and he has acted on all of them except three.”

They grow up so fast, don’t they? Online political media giant Politico turns five years old today, and to celebrate, the site posted a video roast by some quotable notables in the political media world. While the site has arguably earned the right to toot its own horn at least once every half-decade, did they really have to overshadow the birthday of Saved By The Bell actress Tiffani-Amber Thiessen?

Appearing on The Chris Matthews Show, in a discussion on the upcoming Florida primary, Andrea Mitchell claimed that Mitt Romney‘s relatives entered the United States illegally. “Those looking back at all of those records say that Mitt Romney should look back at the records because the Romneys that came back from Mexico to the United States, they crossed the border illegally.”

A big moment of last night’s debate came when moderator Juan Williams and Newt Gingrich argued over Gingrich’s comments that many have seen as condescending towards blacks. However, Williams really should have been offended due to Gingrich’s incredibly insensitive pronunciation of the word “Juan.” At least, that’s the opinion of Chris Matthews who accused Gingrich of a racial motive in the way he used Williams’ name.

Chris Matthews took notice of Ron Paul‘s presidential campaign today, and wondered how long it would be before the libertarian congressman would finally give up his bid to get the Republican party nomination and run as a third-party candidate. Matthews recalled another fiscally conservative independent who did very well against two establishment figures: Ross Perot, almost twenty years ago. Matthews compared the two candidates and discussed with the panel whether Paul could be just as successful running as an independent.

Last week, as America anticipated the Iowa caucuses, some analyses of the state highlighted its demographics as being potentially problematic as far as an accurate representation of the nation’s feelings go. On Fox News today, an anchor rehashed a similar concern about New Hampshire, and while the critique may sound similar, there is a narrow difference between the two takes that merits fleshing out.

Yesterday, we told you how NBC’s Andrea Mitchell had reported that “the rap on Iowa” is that the state is “too white, too evangelical, too rural” to accurately reflect the nation as a whole when it comes to voters. RELATED: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell: The Rap On Iowa? ‘Too White, Too Evangelical, Too Rural’ The comment [...]

With the Iowa caucus less than 24 hours away, there is still some hesitation in the media that the caucus, not being an actual election and being somewhere in the Midwest, isn’t entirely representative of the nation. On tonight’s O’Reilly Factor, media critic Bernard Goldberg took on precisely this claim from Andrea Mitchell, suggesting that it was only acceptable in the mainstream media to say Iowa wasn’t representative of the nation because it was white. “We’re not going to hear that South Carolina… is too black,” he argued.

NBC’s Andrea Mitchell offered a rather blunt analysis of Iowa as she covered the state’s upcoming caucus race for Nightly News.

“The rap on Iowa,” she said. “It doesn’t represent the rest of the country… too white, too evangelical, too rural. Still here, politics are personal.”

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell had GOP hopeful Mitt Romney on her show Friday, and he dropped a bomb, stating that he’s been working “harder than anyone I know” to make sure Ron Paul isn’t nominated. First, however, Mitchell asked him — after a set-up that included mentions of Romney’s ties to SuperPACs run by former colleagues and friends, including anonymous donations of a million dollars — if he wanted to apologize for running the negative ads –aimed mostly at Newt Gingrich — that have been running in Iowa.

On Andrea Mitchell Reports Thursday afternoon, Andrea Mitchell asked socially conservative presidential candidate Rick Santorum if he thought embattled former frontrunner Herman Cain could “stick it out” and remain in the race. Santorum replied that it was Cain’s decision, but that he would pray for Cain and his family.

What has been your favorite feud of 2011? Mine is Melissa and Teresa’s feud from The Real Housewives of New Jersey, followed closely by Newt Gingrich‘s ongoing spat with Barney Frank. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell took a look at Gingrich’s recent comments about Frank’s lack of interest in the business community or the private sector before turning things over to Frank for a response.

Should we be excited about today’s developments in Libya and as well as recent ones throughout the Middle East? Perhaps not. According to Rush Limbaugh, the good vibes we’re feeling are nothing but a “scripted thing to make a takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood equal to an outbreak of Democracy.” To make matters worse, apparently that script has some sex scenes in it as Limbaugh accused the “drive-by” media of “orgasming” all over the place in their attempts to congratulate Barack Obama.

MSNBC dayside host and seasoned reporter Andrea Mitchell has just revealed live on MSNBC that she is now among the “one in eight women in the country” that is suffering from breast cancer. Mitchell returned to host her show after having Chris Matthews fill in for her yesterday and ended today’s program by sharing a personal note of “how (she) spent her summer.”

Chris Matthews is fed up. Sure, that’s sort of his shtick, but this time around, he’s taken a break from decimating Republican politicians and is reserving his ire for none other than Barack Obama. The Hardball host, after giving a brief rundown on Republicans’ support of laissez-faire economics (which consists, apparently, of telling the government to “get out of our face”), said he has no idea what the President’s policy happens to be or how it might differ from what Republicans are trying to do.

Joe Scarborough may have just come up with the worst possible backhanded compliment to Sarah Palin. Discussing her trip to Iowa with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC today, he lauded her as “the one political star in the Republican Party right now” and for her “questionable ability to govern” and status as a “political superstar,” crowned her “the Republican Party’s Barack Obama.”

Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell were live on MSNBC immediately after President Obama’s speech on the credit downgrade. While Mitchell thought Obama demonstrated a confident tone and reassured Americans that “we’re still a AAA country,” Matthews was much less optimistic about Obama’s performance. Matthews was worried nothing will get done in Washington because the political parties are so far apart, and didn’t think Obama’s attitude was doing much to change the outcome.

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared with Andrea Mitchell earlier today and expressed her displeasure with Senator Mitch McConnell’s plan to “shove” the debt ceiling decision back on President Obama. Instead she argued Americans want everyone in Washington to sit at the table like grown-ups and work out a deal. And she was just getting started with her maturity-based analogies.

Andrea Mitchell and Joe Scarborough were discussing Republican presidential candidates on Andrea Mitchell Reports when Mitchell started wondering whether or not Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was treated unfairly yesterday by Chris Wallace? Wallace asked Bachmann “are you a flake?” and later apologized for the question, yet Mitchell still wondered, “you think a male candidate would have been asked that question?”

Given the current debate in Washington over the War Powers Act and presidential authority in declaring military action, TIME Magazine decided to make the Constitution the focus of their 10th annual history issue, asking “Does it still matter?” Andrea Mitchell had TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel on her MSNBC show to explain why they chose that particular cover story, which is guaranteed to raise some eyebrows on the left and right.

As Congressman Anthony Weiner goes into hiding, there seems to be new angles to the Weinergate coverage emerging. One frequent topic of discussion (or disgust) seems to be wondering why it is that women politicians don’t cheat and don’t have sex scandals? The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus appeared on MSNBC today and explained to Andrea Mitchell exactly what it is about men that makes it hard for them to stay out of trouble.

Sarah Palin‘s “One Nation” bus tour appeared to have gotten off to a false start yesterday as a member of the pro-veterans organization Rolling Thunder went on NBC to denounce her presence at an upcoming event of theirs, claiming no one had invited her. Turns out, as per organization spokesperson Christine Colborne, Palin had been invited, but had RSVP’d too soon for the group to announce her arrival to all its members.