Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews: Photo by Getty ImagesMany celebrity candidates have been successful running for office. Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governors, Tom Osborne and Sonny Bono became Congressman.

Voters in Pennsylvania though have not been as favorable to celebrity type candidates. The New York Sun takes a closer look at "Hardball" star Chris Matthews possibly running for U.S. Senate in 2010 against Arlen Specter.

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The rumor mill is in full force this week over the possibility that television host and Philadelphia native Chris Matthews will mount a 2010 U.S. Senate challenge against Republican Sen. Arlen Specter.

Appearing Monday night on The Colbert Report at the University of Pennsylvania, Matthews, who hosts MSNBC’s Hardball, when pressed by Colbert for an announcement responded, “Some kids want to be a fireman, I want to be a Senator.”