To Tim Russert, Even the Budget Was Exciting
June 14th, 2008 . by economistmomWhat a huge loss for the DC media-politics community. He was one of those you’d love to watch because his enthusiasm was so contagious, you’d feel it leap out from the TV screen, and he’d make anyone who works in the crazy world of DC politics feel pumped about what they were doing.
The passage that caught my attention from today’s Washington Post story by Howard Kurtz:
“He was a junkie,” said Washington Post writer Sally Quinn, a close friend. “He would say, ‘People find stories about the budget boring — that’s crazy.’ And then he would talk about the behind-the-scenes fights, the cast of characters, and it was interesting.”
