Is it concerning to me that a chunky white guy from Buffalo with a law degree whose job involves sitting all day dies a sudden death at age 58?? Oh yeah. More than a little.
Consistent with his training and education, Russert is one of the only political reporters whom I have seen on TV who actually did his work and prepared questions in a lawyerly fashion. Don't ask, "Well, aren't you in favor of X?" Say, "You said on July 1 that you were in favor of X and now you say you aren't?" Then have the film ready when they start to weasel.
Russert, of course, was great with the very low-tech "white board" during election coverage, and broke things down so that they were very easy to see and comprehend.
We have so many mediocre to flat-out awful people covering politics today. Losing Russert is like the Cavs losing LeBron and hoping to replace him with a low first-round pick. It just isn't going to happen.
RIP.
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Anybody who was so passionate and giddy about their work is to be envied. During the Primaries...his eyes light up like Vitale at the ACC Tourney. RIP.
Unrelated, but equally as tragic:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3441699
The Woodson signing is so strange that I really don't know how to react.
Rick Sund, "I thought that squeaking into the playoffs in Year 4 was good." Uh, you did? So if that is your position then why does Woodson get a measly 2-year extension?
I think the true statement here would be, "We think we can improve slightly this year, even with Woodson, and we really don't want to commit to a decent coach right now. So we told Mike we would fire him unless he took a 2-year deal. He took the 2-year deal."
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