Who Will Replace Tim Russert?

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

LAuer seems like a decent enough guy and does seem like a level headed guy. I wonder if he has the politcal chops for the job though. The failed experiment of Couric on CBS might persuade them to go in another direction rather than transplanting another Today show vet.

They are not going to find someone who can do the job as well as Russert did in all honesty.

Gravitas is the word that comes to mind with Lauer or rather the lack of it. The thing that distinguished Russert was a kind of nerdy interest in Washington. Lauer seems more like Southern California to me.