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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (51430)	3/3/2008 12:37:51 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 543436

I think Russert and Mathews are different cases. Russert has fashioned the gotcha question into a fine tuned sword. Unless it's with his friends. I've seen him with McCain, for instance, on a number of occasions and I don't recall a single strong gotcha. His targets seem to be less about ideology and more about distance from Washington consensus. He's a big part of the folk who think of themselves as the moral center of Washington. And are not enamored of outsiders. The Clintons were always such. Mathews strikes me as simply a hot head. Full of fascinating political arcana but almost certain to blow up one of these days and end his career in a pyre of smoke and fire. Russert is way too cool for that to happen. The smartest guy in that set is Olberman but he's definitely not a good interviewer.