Watch this short video excerpt of perhaps Russert's most memorable and widely quoted statement in the 2008 campaign.
Some news analysts pointed out that once Tim Russert declared that Obama would win the nomination, the race was effectively over. Russert's opinion was perhaps the most respected in all of election news media.
News junkies will greatly miss Tim Russert. He has been an outstanding analyst and intelligent voice for television news for decades.
Russert had unparalleled insight into presidential election campaigns as demonstrated by this excerpt from the Wikipedia article:
Russert calculated possible United States Electoral College outcomes on a marker board on the air during NBC’s coverage of the 2000 presidential election and memorably summed up the outcome as dependent upon Florida, Florida, Florida. Russert again accurately predicted the final battleground of the presidential elections of 2004: Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. On the MSNBC show Tucker, Russert predicted the battleground states of the 2008 presidential election would be New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada, saying, If Democrats can win three of those four, they can lose Ohio and Florida, and win the presidency.
Tribute to Tim Russert (1950-2008)
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