Remember Luke Russert? Of course you do: He's the poised and articulate son of Tim Russert and the kid who spoke so movingly at his father's memorial service. He now has a job working for...guesses?....go ahead, take a while stab at this...come on...You can do it...
That's right: He's joined NBC News as "correspondent at large" covering youth issues during the network's coverge of the 2008 political conventions. Why not Luke? He's obviously a smart chip off the old block although there was a little controversy about this a couple of days ago when rumors began to spread. Apparently he was photograhed with a bunch of young ladies in a hot tube (all in bathing suits) and the shot was thus pasted onto a facebook or something or other. Apparently some people were shocked, shocked, that such things happen in college.... (He went to BC.)
"I am extremely humbled and grateful that NBC News is giving me this opportunity," he said in a statement. "I believe youth issues will continue to play a significant role during this election and I want to do my part to report them honestly and objectively."
This is, by the way, a fulltime gig. An NBC spokeswoman just emailed to say "he will continue to work with NBC News beyond the election as a correspondent at large, focusing on youth issues."
NBC, meanwhile, said it'll devote a total of 200 hours of coverage (across all networks) to the convents.