Topic: Industrial Heartland

MSNBC host Chris Matthews is criticized for his vocal support of "Rapid Rail" as a solution to economic decline in the American industrial heartland. Matthews suggests that the federal government should use eminent domain to seize land for 300-mile-per-hour train lines, comparing the project to the Lincoln-era transcontinental railroad. The hosts argue that this "post-industrial" rhetoric is a way to manage the redundancy of American manufacturing workers.