Chuck Todd for Moderator of Meet the Press
As NBC scrambles to fill the unfillable chair of Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw will take the show at least through the election in November. There has been torrents of speculation on who will become the new moderator of Meet the Press. NBC has long term correspondents David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell seemingly waiting in the wings.
Gregory could be good. He’s confrontational, but perhaps too much so. He’s seems to let his emotions get the best of him, which is perhaps why he’s been filling in on the Today show more often as of late. He’s had a slew of incidents, including calling into Imus acting very odd (some think he was drunk). And, can you imagine Tim Russert dancing on the air?
Andrea Mitchell is old. She is a great journalist, but NBC would have to replace her in a few years. She could be a longer-term temp, however, while NBC grooms someone else for the position.
In my mind, Chuck Todd would be a great replacement for Russert. He is relatively unknown, but has been trained under Russert’s wing and has the same boyish excitement over politics that Russert had. I have yet to see a Chuck Todd interview, though. He is mostly used as an analyst and would take some time to get him up to speed on the other side of the interview. Todd is a young, fresh face at NBC and could mold Meet the Press into his own forum for years to come, as Russert did over his tenure. Todd is a political savant, and already has a youthful following that could add MTP viewers for generations to come.
