It will be sad to get up and turn on Meet the Press tomorrow and see who sits in Tim Russert's chair. The Washington Bureau Chief and host of Meet the Press came into our livingrooms not just on Sundays, but during this monumentous election year, the news achors turned to him for comments or perspective on just about every story that came out of the election news cycle during the week as well. I admired his professionalism, and his ability to put things in context, or give us a sense of history when describing an event, rather than just blurt out accusations with inflammatory language like so many others out there pretending to do political commentary.
I'll miss his election night coverage the most. You could tell he just lived, ate and breathed politics. His enthusiam spilled over onto his trademark erase board. Experience and dedication set him apart from many of the others.
I get frustrated with the dumbing down of news. (Example: Fox News--- with it's "news presenters"-- little more than Barbie dolls reading from a cue card. They can tell you about the plane crash... with a gleam in their eye...)
Tim Russert will be missed.
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