Shock and sadness

Kates and I are in shock and mourning tonight at the loss of the great Tim Russert ...

I was among the first in my office this afternoon to get the news alert. It came across and I shouted in disbelief "Tim Russert died!?" ... Other heads around me poked up and the news spread. I called Kates who was in the grocery store with Phoebs ...

Unbelievable.

I can't say we were regular watchers of "Meet the Press" -- now I'm kind of wishing we had been. Instead Kates and I became fans of Russert watching him each night aside Brian Williams, in addition to mediating debates and his appearances on The Daily Show ...

We so enjoyed watching him each night and hearing him dissect the political races ... He was at the pinnacle of his career, at the center of one of the most exciting elections for all-time ...

And like all of his admirers, we can't imagine the rest of this political season without him ...