Aug 01, 2008 -
The late Tim Russert's son, Luke Russert, is joining NBC, it was announced on Thursday. The 22-year old Boston College graduate has been assigned to cover both the Democratic and Republican conventions focuising on "youth issues".
''Never before in an election cycle has so much attention turned to the youth vote, and Luke will bring a unique perspective to covering it,'' NBC News President Steve Capus said in a statement.
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Jun 17, 2008 -
Private and public services – including a televised memorial – are planned for Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert.
A public viewing will be held for Russert on Tuesday at the St. Albans School, Cafritz Refectory, in Washington, D.C., according to NBC.
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Jun 14, 2008 -
Journalists and politicians are reacting to the untimely death of Tim Russert on Friday.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama:
"He's somebody who, over time, I came to consider not only a journalist but a friend. There wasn’t a better interviewer in TV, not a more thoughtful analyst of our politics, and he was also one of the finest men I knew."
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Apr 21, 2008 -
Check out this clip from CNN discussing the upcoming Pennsylvania primary election. Former Republican congressman Dick Armey suggests that all Hilary Clinton needs to do to wrap up a win in Pennsylvania is to get Sidney Crosby's endorsement. To which CNN's Wolf Blitzer reponds "Who's Sidney Crosby?"
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Dec 08, 2008 -
NBC's chief White House correspondent David Gregory has been named the new moderator of Meet the Press.
"I've thought a lot about what it means to succeed somebody like Tim Russert," Gregory told Meet the Press viewers on Sunday. "I'm not Tim.
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Oct 22, 2008 -
October 22, 2008, 7:30 a.m.
Paging Arthur Schlesinger
Eggheads who embrace Obama should be wary of the dangers of [intellectual whoredom] [hero-worship].
By Michael Knox Beran
Intellectuals on the Right are routinely accused of selling their souls to the devil and sacrificing their independent judgment in order to give conservative leaders cover.
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Aug 27, 2008 -
Identity theft: The case of the talented Mr. Biden
By Paul Greenberg
Barack Obama's beautifully choreographed campaign, from the stunning debut in Iowa to the cheering masses in Berlin, may have just made its fatal error, and its name is Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., a U.S. senator from Delaware. Even though he once confused himself with The Hon. Neil Kinnock, MP.
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Mar 04, 2008 -
N.Y. senator also takes Rhode Island, NBC projects; Obama wins Vermont
Voters lined up to vote Tuesday in Chillicothe, Ohio. So many Ohioans turned up for the Democratic primary that some counties ran out of ballots, delaying the reporting of returns.
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