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Politico’s Michael Calderone solves the mystery of “Oh God”-Gate — that is, which MSNBC anchor’s voice could be heard last night whispering, “Oh God” as Gov. Bobby Jindal walked toward the podium to deliver his much-criticized response to President Obama’s address. The voice was Chris Matthews’s. And Matthews explains that was “taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft…Was this some mimicking of a president walking along the state floor to the East Room?”
See and hear (but, listen closely!) the “Oh God” moment:
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