Jeopardy is broadcasting its "Power Players Tournament" this week and next featuring fifteen Washington, DC movers and shakers. The contestant list skews heavily to the left with Dana Perino being the closest thing to a conservative in the whole lineup. The first round of the tournament aired last night and it was a real treat mainly due to the presence of Chris Matthews.
Matthews is arguably the smuggest personality in cable news. Last night he faced off against Lizzie O'Leary of CNN and Robert Gibbs, Pres. Obama's former press secretary whose chief accomplishment was making Scott McClellan look competent. Matthews came in last with a disappointing total of $2,300.
Newsbusters, which could probably devote an entire web site to Matthews' antics, put together a compilation of his lowlights from last night's show and, for the icing on the cake, recounted four instances where Matthews disparaged Sarah Palin's intelligence, suggesting that she would perform poorly on Jeopardy.
For the record, Chris Matthews got 13 correct responses and 4 incorrect, not including final jeopardy. Lizzie O'Leary got 17 correct and 2 incorrect and Robert Gibbs got 16 correct and 1 incorrect. All three got the final jeopardy response wrong.
Tune in tonight to watch The Five's Dana Perino square off against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and CNBC's David Faber.
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