I think it’s appropriate to mention the tragic passing of NBC’s Tim Russert on this blog. I truly appreciated his coverage of the swing contests during the 2006 midterm election for the Senate on Meet the Press. Tim did separate interviews for each battleground state for Senate with both candidates: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, Tennessee (those are the ones I can remember). In case anyone forgot I’ve listed some clips below:
Here’s Tim grilling Jim Webb on his views of women in the military. And then moving on to George Allen about “Macaca”.
Here’s Tim taking Rick Santorum to town on his voting record, his residence in VA, and other stuff.
And on the Minnesota Senate race with the two candidates.
But personally on a pure intellectual level of conversation about America’s direction, I think his interview with Newt Gingrich was one of the all time great ones. Follow the links here
Rest in Peace, Tim Russert. American politics, as well as America, would never be the same without you.
P.S: CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO POST YOUTUBE VIDEOS DIRECTLY ON DIARY ENTRIES AND POSTS HERE?