Beyond the Horse Race: Russert’s Big Picture

3 06 2008

Now that the Democratic horse race is over, here’s a great quote from Tim Russert today that really drives home today’s significance:

“We can’t take our eyes off the big picture. There are a lot of very appealing, interesting, sexy subplots. But the big picture - think about this - a freshman Senator from Illinois, who refers to himself as the ’skinny black kid from the south side of Chicago’ - has defeated Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. The Clinton machine - a former First Lady and a former President. It truly is David versus Goliath, and it has happened. And we have to understand and focus on how historic this night really is.”