well, the "official" announcement should be coming down soon....but david gregory has been tapped to fill the vacant chair of meet the press. the huffington post broke the story and it has been confirmed by politico.tom brokaw has been filling in since the untimely death of the great tim russert but it's been known he was only a temporary (or "interim") moderator.
gregory beat out several other possible contenders as the search for russert's successor had reached a fevered-gossip pitch around washington. other names bandied about: chuck todd & andrea mitchell of NBC, gwen ifill of PBS, ted koppel and even katie couric.
gregory, the current host of 1600 pennsylvania avenue (previously known as race to the white house) on msnbc, was not my first choice as the new moderator of press. i was hoping for chucky t or ifill.... but he's a strong interviewer and should do well. he's covered the white house for years and is known as not backing down when questioning the president or his press secretaries.
best of luck, sir. you have some big shoes to fill.
e.
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