March 17, 2009 | 10:25 AM EDT
MSNBC co-anchor Chris Matthews won the MRC’s “Media Messiah Award” for declaring during coverage of the February 12, 2008 Democratic primaries that listening to Barack Obama speak, “I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.”
A nominee for the “Media Messiah Award” at the MRC’s 2009 DisHonors Awards and gala.