Chris Matthews, seen here thinking about disrobing

Today, Chris Matthews will be moderating the GOP Chancellor Debate on MSNBC, and this could be the moment he reveals his love of not just macho/decrepit conservative men but of tongue twisters and the role they play in national politics. That's right: tongue twisters. Oh, yeah.

What I am looking for in the debate are the verbal cyclones that give life a whirl, the music of alliteration, the picking of the peppers that produces pizzicato. Let's face it: political debates are like a truck load of fertilizer that doesn't help anything grow but still smells like shit. If I had my way (and I did, once, and boy was that fun) the following is how I would like to spice up at least part of this afternoon's debate... Read more…