Tim Russert Speaks at Bucknell but Silent to Local Press

Long time host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and best selling author, Tim Russert was the first guest of "The Bucknell Forum: The Citizen & Politics in America," a national speakers series examining issues in the 2008 presidential election.

A scheduling conflict with cancer advocacy kept me away from the event. However, I was surprised that Russert did not take any questions from the local press before the event. In 2005, Chris Matthews of NBC's "Hardball" spoke to the same university and answered my questions regarding the upcoming "Leakgate, Plamegate" investigation.

Here is the Bucknell release and podcast of the event.