His [Luke]letter went something like this: "Dear Mr President, Thank you for introducing me to the Hall of Famers and for showing me the Oval Office. I think if I work really hard I will have a chance for both." The next time I saw the president I told him about my son's ambitious plans. His response was beautiful: "Never get between a boy and his dreams

S. " The article's author Tim Rutten argued that although Russert and NBC had claimed that these conversations were protected by journalistic privilege "it emerged under examination [that] Russert already had sung like a choirboy to the FBI concerning his conversation with Libby—and had so voluntarily from the first moment the Feds contacted him. " On the MSNBC show Tucker Russert predicted the battleground states of the 2008 presidential election would be New Mexico Colorado Arizona and Nevada saying "If Democrats can win three of those four they can lose Ohio and Florida and win the presidency.

He was a senior vice president at NBC News Washington bureau chief and also hosted an eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program. S. Russert was posthumously revealed as a 30-year source for syndicated columnist Robert Novak.