So he doesn't still have a shiver going up his leg? Or maybe he needs to hear a few more vapid speeches so that it will return.

Matthews is an east coast dope kind of liberal as opposed to the west coast dope kind of liberal.
East coast dopes are your Teddy Kennedys and Tip O'Neills and John Kerrys - rabid, dogmatic, rigid dopes.
West coast dopes are your Governor Moonbeams, Nancy Pelosi's and any Hollywood Star - dreamy, touchy-feely, sensitive dopes.
But make no mistake - they're all dopes.