And they've been very hostile to him since October 30th. Because, you see, he was the moderator who asked some tough questions of Senator Clinton, and her failure to answer them well got her in trouble. Does that explain the hostility? Well, not fully, explains Jonah Goldberg on The Corner today, and I think he's right: "I also think — and this will be denied up and down by liberals — that they hate Russert because they believe the press should be liberal and favorably partisan toward Democrats and they get furious when Russert — or anyone else — won't play the game the way they want. Republicans know the press in general and Russert in particular will be hostile to them. Democrats are still surprised when, on rare occassions, they get similar treatment."
And of course, to them, expected media liberalism isn't bias. It's just, well, what they expect, without even thinking about it.
