I questioned whether Chris Matthews should moderate tonight’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate here due to his mouth-foaming declaration that the Bush administration had “finally been caught in their own criminality”. The problem with the statement, other than being purely partisan, was he had nothing to back up his statement.

Now it seems Larry Kudlow of CNBC has been asked the same question.

I don’t know what position Mr. Kudlow holds with CNBC other than another talking head, but he is quoted as saying:

“It was a stupid, stupid thing to say,” …
…As for Matthews’ moderating Tuesday’s debate, Kudlow said, “I hope he will be on his best behavior.” Otherwise, Kudlow, who hosts the post-debate show on CNBC, said, “I’ll rap him very, very hard.”

Here’s an idea: Rap him very hard before the debate and put someone more fair in to moderate in his stead. Say, someone like Keith Olberman. Yeah, that’s the ticket.