I Missed Tim Russert on Election Night

Left: Tim Russert with his white board

Middle: Rolling Rock, Tim's favorite drink

I really missed Tim Russert last night. I remembered that Tom Brokaw, one of his best friends, said at Russert's memorial service that he was going to take the mug that Big Russ, Tim's father, had given him and was going to save it for election night. Then he would fill it with a bottle of Rolling Rock, Russert's favorite drink, that he had "pilfered" from Tim's cooler in Washington. Brokaw said he would fill the mug with the Rolling Rock and hope that a call would come: "Tommy B., what's happening? This is wild!" Even though he knew the call would not come, he said he would raise the mug and use Russert's favorite expression: "What a Country!"

With all the innovations, surveys, diagrams, tabulations, gadgets, and frills last night, I still missed Tim Russert and his white board. I do feel better knowing that the white board is in the Smithsonian for safe keeping.

Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
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Runner Up, New York Book Festival, E-Book and Self-Help Category
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, Best National Book Awards, Self-Help Category
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How To Mediate Like A Pro: 42 Rules for Mediating Disputes
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