WashingtonPost.com's The FixChris Cillizza writes: "What I came away with each time after an appearance with
Tim [Russert] was that he was someone, like me, who loved the political game, who took pleasure in the day-to-day trench warfare of the campaign, who worked his sources to make sure he got the most up to date information to his viewers and who loved hearing from new voices offering fresh perspective on the political process." ||
The candidates react. >
Charles Kaiser: "His sudden death leaves me wishing that I had remembered to praise him as often as I criticized him."
(Radar) >
Dan Balz: "The thought of him not being on the trail the rest of the way this year or in the many campaign years that should have been ahead for him is heartbreaking."
(WP's The Trail) >
"He could bite you in the rear, then go have a drink with you" (Poynter) >
Reactions from Brokaw, Pelosi and other journalists and politicians (AP) >
NYT's politics blog has over 2,000 comments about Russert (The Caucus)
