The Boston Traveler

This breaking news makes me incredibly sad.
MSNBC, The New York Times, and numerous other major news outlets are all reporting 58-year-old Tim Russert, NBC Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief and longtime moderator of the political program Meet the Press, passed away less than an hour ago.
Russert apparently collapsed while recording a voiceover for Meet the Press in NBC’s Washington bureau. He was then reportedly rushed to local Sibley Hospital at about 2:15pm EST, and there is speculation, but no confirmation yet, that he died after suffering a massive heart attack.
Russert was one of very few newspeople whom …read more

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Surprise, surprise, surprise — not!
As I write at exactly 3am EST in the morning, exactly 97 percent of the precincts in Massachusetts have reported the individual results of yesterday’s Super Tuesday primary action in the Bay State, according to the Boston Herald website.
Consequently, it’s pretty much official: Junior New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (56%) bested Junior Illinois Senator Barack Obama (41%) and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards (2%) among Democrats, while former Massachusetts governor Willard (really — that’s his given first name) Mitt Romney (51%) outperformed Arizona Senator John McCain (41%) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (4%) …read more

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