Tim

Tim Russert's death has my heart feeling heavy. I am an MSNBC addict and spend a portion of nearly every evening of my life listening to these pundits and commentators talk politics. Tim Russert, in my mind, was always a great one, not so much for the objectivity that everyone seems to be lauding, but for his passion. You could hear it in his voice. He loved politics just as much as I do. I always felt that if he and I ever met, we would get along really well because of this passion we share. His sudden and untimely death makes me sad for his family and also sad that he won't be here to experience this election; the election that he described as the most important in a generation.

Yesterday evening there was a memorial photo/video montage set to Springsteen featuring Tim with a bunch of important politicians. When it came to a picture of Tim interviewing Barack Obama from late 2007 or early this year, my eyes became fixed on the screen and I thought, "Tim didn't get to see us elect the first black president." He knew how important this election was going to be; that it's going to be historic.

Now, I don't claim to be psychic but I do sometimes have an uncanny intuition about certain things. While watching this montage with the footage of Obama, I got an overwhelmingly strong sense that I was looking at pictures of our new President.
I wish Tim was going to be around to analyze election night. It won't be the same without him.