Tim Russert put that on a dry erase board during the NBC broadcast of the 2000 election. Those three words said it all. Nothing fancy, nothing flashy or high-tech, just ordinary tools that he put to extraordinary use. That sums up Tim Russert to me. He was an ordinary guy that made the most of his talents and took us along for the ride.
Russert was credited with coining the "red state - blue state" phrase. He made politics understandable and human. He was always prepared. He was always unbiased. He asked the questions that we all wanted the answers to. More often that not he got answers not policy statements.
John McCain described him this way, "Tim Russert was at the top of his profession. He was a man of honesty and integrity. He was hard, but he was always fair."
He was a dutiful son and a proud father. He was named Father of the Year three times by three different organizations, all in different years. After his death was made public, a candlelight vigil was held in his hometown of Buffalo. More than a thousand people turned out. It was held in Tim Russert Park.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Hillary Concedes
Finally. So now what? She's not getting on the ticket. Quit thinking and dreaming like Paul Begala. It's not going to happen, no way. Barack Obama wants and needs to be his own man. If Barack gets elected and things go south the last thing he needs is spooky ol' Uncle Bill in the Blair House with Hillary waiting in the wings for 2012.
If Barack can't get elected then the Democrats better blow up the party and start over. If they can't get elected after 8 years of W then they should start a new party and leave the academics to study the Democratic Party along with the Whig Party. If they need Hillary to win in November then they really have a message of change - like change everything about our leadership and our party's strategy.
So why did Hillary hang on this long or at least past Tuesday. What sense did that make? Was it just vanity, disappointment, dirt on Obama, what was it? We'll probably never know until someone writes a tell-all book, which will probably not be that accurate.
So let me take a guess - How about Justice Hillary. Don't laugh. It could happen. The Supreme Court is going to turn over a justice or two soon and if Barack gets in wouldn't that be a nice repayment for Hillary helping him get elected. She is going to help isn't she?
If Barack can't get elected then the Democrats better blow up the party and start over. If they can't get elected after 8 years of W then they should start a new party and leave the academics to study the Democratic Party along with the Whig Party. If they need Hillary to win in November then they really have a message of change - like change everything about our leadership and our party's strategy.
So why did Hillary hang on this long or at least past Tuesday. What sense did that make? Was it just vanity, disappointment, dirt on Obama, what was it? We'll probably never know until someone writes a tell-all book, which will probably not be that accurate.
So let me take a guess - How about Justice Hillary. Don't laugh. It could happen. The Supreme Court is going to turn over a justice or two soon and if Barack gets in wouldn't that be a nice repayment for Hillary helping him get elected. She is going to help isn't she?
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