Lil' Russ

Over lunch today I watched some of last night's Democratic debate. I have no opinion on either candidate's performance because the entire event was overshadowed by the evident-to-the-point-of-being-agressive banality of Tim Russert. From the Farrakhan repartee to the bizarre hypotheticals, it was like watching the know-it-all from the Model UN Club moderate the Student Council debate. This was a rare case where the candidates actually raised the level of debate while Russert, anchor like, tried to keep things at the level of a tabloid.