Chris Matthews attempted to calm Maria Bartiromo’s fears this morning. Somehow we just don’t think his defense of his controversial words about the GOP will do the trick. But it might increase his book sales — especially if one of the Republican presidential candidates confronts him about the controversy during the live debate he’s co-hosting with Bartiromo on CNBC and MSNBC tonight.

Related: Some Pretty Hardball-ish Whispers

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Big Head DC hears that Maria Bartiromo, CNBC’s perennial “money honey,” is quite dismayed by some remarks Chris Matthews made regarding Republicans at last week’s 10th anniversary Hardball bash. The financial reporter is scheduled to co-host a GOP presidential debate along with Matthews on Tuesday night, to be aired on both CNBC and MSNBC.

TV news insiders tell us that Bartiromo is concerned that Matthews’ statements could hurt ratings for the debate, and she’s already apparently received some blow back from conservatives regarding the situation.

“God help us if we had Cheney during the Cuban missile crisis,” Matthews was quoted as saying last week regarding the vice president. “We’d all be under a parking lot.” He added that the VP’s office has called MSNBC honchos many times to complain about the content of his program.

“They’ve finally been caught in their criminality,” Matthews continued.

Bartiromo had hoped that the debate would shine a positive spotlight on her network with the launch date of a new competitor, FOX Business Network, fast approaching. Read more…

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CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo interviewed President Bush today, who kept talking about how strong the economy is right now. That’s called redirecting the convo, kids. But she just shared his most interesting news on Hardball: Bush doesn’t do e-mail, but he does like to Google people, and he especially likes Google Maps, which he uses to look at his ranch in Texas. So much like our mama, it’s not funny.

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