The journalism community and all of us who consume healthy news are saddened by the loss of one of the great television reporters of our era. Barack Obama said it beautifully, "I am grief-stricken at the loss and my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Many of us will remember how Tim called the Democratic primary race for Obama after Keith Olbermann asked him, "Did it just end tonight?" and Tim answered, "We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be and no one's going to dispute it, Keith." I was watching with Yohance and we both laughed, threw back out beers, and bumped fists. Watching the general election coverage with Tim missing will be sad, even as we celebrate a landmark victory and turn the page on the Bush years. Tim will be sorely missed as a family man, a passionate political junkie, and a journalist of the old school who analyzed with minimal spin and called it as he saw it. A link to Russert calling the race is here.