Thanks to all who texted and e-mailed while I waited for The Raconteurs to start Friday afternoon.
Non-journalists might not realize how big a loss Tim Russert was. For all his pit bullish tendencies as an interviewer, he was always fair, something rarely said about the legions of talking heads out there.
Let me just say that no one could ask a question in as many ways as Tim Russert about aspirations for higher office.
The last one I saw was Jim Webb, and as with everything else named as a presidential candidate or running mate, any attempt to reveal the door open was met with Russert trying to force his way inside.
No one came to an interview better prepared. The last time I saw him, he skewered Scott McClellan above a fire of comments he'd made that contradicted his money-grubbing memoir.
I only saw him lose his temper once, during a Colin Powell interview via satellite. When the questioning got tough, a Powell aide turned around the camera in protest and Russert immediately scolded Power about the inappropriateness of that act.
Did I mention how much he will be missed?
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