Now that some time has passed since Russert's passing, it is time for us to evaluate his true impact on this Presidential election. If Tim Russert had died six months earlier, Hillary might have been the Democratic candidate. Just a thought . . . in general, he was her toughest questioner for months, if not years.
He was the pundit who asked the first question on drivers licenses to illegal immigrants and he was the one who first indicated that the Democratic nominee was known and that the race was over.
The underlying Washington talk behind all this is that the media disliked Hillary Clintons because of her prima donna attitudes for several months when she was seen as the inevitable front-runner. The difference was that while others like Keith Olbermann and Rush Limbaugh attacked her personally, Russert went after her while still retaining substantive policy issues on his agenda. This is a testament as much to his skills as a journalist as his overall lack of partisanship.
In the end, the nomination was Clinton's to lose and guess what? She did.
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