I know that everyone is hearing about the passing of Tim Russert. All weekend I have been very torn up about what the country has lost and at an age younger than some of our fathers. I am really going to miss him. I enjoyed watching Meet the Press and when he was on the Today Show. He was the only person involved with the 'political media' that I felt didn't have an agenda of getting his views out amidst a rampant abundance of shows that are so extreme. His only agenda was to get the information out to the people and it also didn't hurt that he was just a likable person. For these reasons I trusted him and what he said. I always felt that I could rely on him to give the facts.
I think that is why there has been such an outpouring at his death. We value real people who give us what they love in the most honest way they can. He loved politics and we knew it from the way he dealt with interviewing and making commentary. I don't know who they can get to replace him and I feel sorry for whoever has to fill those shoes.
