[TChad]

He seemed to be an actual journalist, not a propagandist.

R.I.P.

[R W Reactionairy]

Agreed. One of a bare hand full of liberals who could step back and view things objectively when he put his mind to it.

I use a Moynihan quote as my tag line. Moynihan was a liberal who was not immune to a good idea. I wonder how much of an influence Russert had on Moynihan and visa versa?

BTW, I hope for the sake of the fond memories I have of Russert that the only reason his name is associated with Mario Cuomo is party affiliation and a New York connection ... and Mario is almost a saint when compared to his son. Marone.

[samtheman]

He seemed to be an actual journalist, not a propagandist.

I think that's true. Even though he acknowledged his own liberal/democrat bias he did at least recognize it and try to be fair.

On one of the stories I saw about him last night he was quoted as saying, "Where I grew up you were born Democrat and baptized Catholic."