RIP Tim Russert
Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of Meet the Press died Friday, reportedly of a heart attack. He was 58.
My first thought -- wow, too young.
My second thought -- how terrible this will be for his family.
My third thought -- who will replace him on "Meet the Press"?
He was an important beltway reporter, that's for sure...and my Sunday mornings won't be the same. Although we never met, Tim and I spent many an hour together.
He will be missed.
So many tributes to him on cable TV. Blogs are churning. The righties are saying he favored the left, the lefties are saying he favored the right...so he must have been doing something right.
I've seen him take both Republicans and Democrats to task. He sure wasn't afraid of asking embarrassing questions....and would put quotes up of what they'd said years before. But you never felt he was 'going after' any guest - right or left. He was always a friendly gentleman -- he rarely butted in, he gave people time to say their piece.
Gah, 58...he was robbed of so much life.
It's going to be a sad Father's Day tomorrow for his father and his son.
