Tim Russert, 1950-2008
What can I say? I’m heartbroken. One of my first thoughts after I heard the awful news was that he’d been cheated out of the blessing we all have as Americans, which is to witness and participate in this next great quadrennial challenge called the election of our President.
I depended on him to ask the questions I can’t ask. I expected to be enlightened and/or enraged by him any time I saw his face or heard his voice. Tim Russert was a great guide through American politics and a staple of my every Sunday morning. I send his family and his friends and loved ones my deepest sympathies.
