So......who takes over "Meet The Press"?

[FredScuttle]

It may be a little soon, but I'm dying to know who's going to fill that seat...

Gregory?
Shuster?
Tweety (god forbid)?
pull Brokaw out of retirement?

Personally, I'd like to see them bring back Linda Ellerbee.

[texasleo]

1. Tweety

[FredScuttle]

28. You can be sure he's lobbying right now

probably stepping over the corpse to do so.

[Dinger]

2. Brokaw, For Now At Least

He's on MSNBC now talking about it.

[dubeskin]

3. Let's not talk about this now...

Let's instead honor all the good that Mr. Russert has done for the media and actually getting to the core of the issues. Hopefully Maddow, but let's just send our prayers to the family for now and remember all of his accomplishments.

[texasleo]

You think NBC is not talking about it now?

[dubeskin]

21. I can guarantee you THEY are

But WE should not be. Instead WE should be honoring him for all he's done in the journalistic world.

[FredScuttle]

32. I won't be part of anything "honoring all he's done"

which is promote some faux-populist bullshit where all the life lessons Timmy needed he got from Big Russ.

Yeah, right.

Let me tell you....I'm from Buffalo and if Big Russ is anything like his generation that grew up here, he's a miserable, xenophobic, racist ignoramous who still thinks fag jokes are funny.

All I'm doing is speculating who will take his place on Meet The Press. You are free to join any one of numerous "Let's be nice to a guy whose fucking guts we hated a few months ago" threads on DU.

[julialnyc]

41. Actually, I'm sure they are talking about filling in this Sunday and for a few weeks, but are not th

[SharonRB]

17. I was going to suggest Rachel, too

It's time she had her own show. My guess is it won't be her, though.

[Lance_Boyle]

4. as much as it should be olbermann, it'll be tweety

Or, if we're really unlucky, Barnicle.

[FredScuttle]

33. Oy, Barnicle

Well, at least I can look forward to the occasional plagarized George Carlin routine on Sunday mornings...

[Liberty Belle]

5. We could suggest Donahue, Rather, or ?? Can we agree on a choice, then lobby NBC?

[greenbriar]

15. I like Donahue

that would be good

[FredScuttle]

19. ooooh....forgot about Rather

him or Donahue would be great.

[Bryan]

6. Gregory or O'Donnell, I'd assume

Aren't they next most senior in the Washington bureau?

[rurallib]

7. KO?

[jgraz]

20. That would be incredible. Not gonna happen, tho.

They'll likely give it to whomever becomes the new DC Bureau Chief.

[DS1]

8. Clenis

Not even M. Knight Shamalayan could think up that twist of fortune

[FredScuttle]

34. LOL

Hey, how about Terry McAwful? He's looking for a gig and I know he's got energy to spare!

[malaise]

9. One more hack n/t

[devilgrrl]

11. bingo

eom

[napi21]

10. I'd actually like to see them recruit Bill Moyers. I doubt that will

happen though. Another suggestion would be Jim Leherer. From your list, I prefer Brokaw.

[AlCzervik]

12. Brokaw would probably be best for now, people know him and like him and i'm sure

the hard core audience of mtp would feel better with Tom as opposed to Williams or the other choices.

I love Linda Ellerbee but that ain't never gonna happen.

[Beaverhausen]

13. Jesus - he just died for god's sake

have you no heart?

[FredScuttle]

25. I'm not pissing on his grave

As many objections as I did to his type of faux-populist journalism, I'm not going to malign the man. I'm merely asking a question that you can be sure is rising up the flagpole at 30 Rock right now.

[ColbertWatcher]

30. I didn't see your thread; I created a poll asking the same question. n/t

[johnfunk]

14. Brokaw for now; David Gregory is my best guess...

... although I intend to stay quiet over the weekend, write a nice letter to their DC bureau, and recommend that they give Olbermann the MTP gig.

[monmouth]

16. I bet Tweety temporarily, his contract is up pretty soon. Today is Friday the 13th... n/t

[AlCzervik]

18. i hope not, i think Matthews would be a very bad choice, he's all wrong for that show.

[jgraz]

22. Rachel Maddow!!

[FredScuttle]

26. She should have her own show

I fear, though, this would not be a good venue for her. She needs prime time to shine, not a staid, reserved Sunday morning interview gig.

[tularetom]

23. Whoever it is I hope they permanently retire Ms and Mr Mary Matalin

That freak show was the main reason I stopped watching MTP about 8 years ago.

[FredScuttle]

27. Amen to that

n/t

[Mountainman]

24. Phil Donahue, my choice

[Indenturedebtor]

29. Bill Moyers :P Go scout him! n/t

[Fire_brand]

31. Joe Scarborough!!!!

[YvonneCa]

35. You're right, it's a little too soon. n/t

[dave123williams]

36. I nominate Matt Taibi

[LiberalEsto]

37. Katie Couric

I'm sure NBC wants her back and the evening anchor thing hasn't worked out very well.

[RamboLiberal]

38. I'm betting they will try to get Brokaw to agree to do it

until the election is over.

My next bet would be Brian Williams or David Gregory.

Long term they may look outside the network.

[book_worm]

39. brokaw would be the logical choice.

[TexasObserver]

40. Brokaw, Williams, Olbermann - in that order

It won't be Tweety. He's too much of a Spazz.

[dave123williams]

42. Tweety's background is nearly identical to Russert's.

Olberman is far to obviously left, Williams already has a job being a hairdo....and professional apologist for establishment interests.

Brokaw isn't so much an interviewer as an anchor, and is retired.

Tweety, or if they're smart, Chuck Todd.