She is correct, but in ways she never intended.
Tim was a die hard lefty just like most of his cohorts in the mainstream media.
But he was actually more dangerous to America than many others because he came across as reserved and thoughtful instead of as a spitting, out of control lefty dogmatist like Maxine Waters or Howard Dean in their full rabid-dog mode. (!!!REDUNDANCY ALERT!!!)
Consequently, people took Tim seriously instead of tuning him out like more overt liberal operatives with a microphone.
But make no mistake - he used his position to push the liberal agenda just as much as Brian Williams and Keith Duh'O-lbermann, and probably with more effect.
It is not surprising that leftists are sad at this loss - there aren't that many of them who can retain their civility when they see a microphone as Tim did.
They know they have lost one of their most effective communicators.
Russert isn’t dead. FNC won’t let him die.