This is the kind of talk you get when white liberals try to throw a little bone to the blacks. Tim Russert knows very well that a person named "Obama" (and a fire-breathing liberal to boot) will never become the President of the United States.
Just ask Hitler McGillicuddy, one-time 1952 Democratic hopeful from Ozone Park whose hope's were dashed in the run-off for 101st Avenue Dog Catcher race.