
David Gregory will be the next host of Meet the Press,
according to reports. The NBC vet will take over after interim host Tom Brokaw interviews President-elect Barack Obama on this weekend's show.
Gregory, 38, has served as NBC's White House correspondent since 2000, and he currently hosts his own show on MSNBC.

NBC
may soon name the next permanent host of Meet the Press. Whomever succeeds longtime host Tim Russert,
who died unexpectedly earlier this year, will surely become one of the most influential journalists in the world.
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An optimistic and fired up John McCain showed up to Meet the Press this morning where he
dispelled the notion that he was hurting in the polls. McCain said, “We are doing fine. We have closed in the last week, and we’re going to continue this close in the next week.” Did you catch that?

After Colin Powell's thorough
endorsement of Barack Obama yesterday on Meet the Press the reactions and analysis flew in the media and your comments. Here are some of the standout reactions:
- Michelle Malkin called "Powell’s embrace of Barack Obama is a triumph of hope over reality," but is careful to say she doesn't think it's an issue of race. "It’s Obama’s social liberalism, not his skin color, that attracts Powell most."
- Rush Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan didn't come to the same conclusion, saying, "I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed," and "look would Colin Powell be endorsing Obama if he were a white liberal Democrat..."

On Meet the Press moments ago, former Secretary of State Colin Powell laid out first his reasons, and then his much-anticipated endorsement. Powell said that Obama had been showing intellectual vigor and displaying concern for all of the country and the issues people care about, while he was concerned by McCain's seeming constant changing of ideas on how to solve problems. He said though Gov.
Will Powell Endorse on Meet the Press on Sunday? Gen. Colin Powell will be a guest on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, but what will he say? Politico's Mike Allen reports some in the McCain camp think Powell will officially endorse Sen.

Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden made his 42nd appearance yesterday on Meet the Press. Tom Brokaw
asked him some tough questions, often reciting previous Biden statements from many years past. Here's a rundown on how Biden met questions about the surge, abortion, religion, and the latest addition to the race, Sarah Palin.
Tom Brokaw Will Host "Meet the Press"
NBC moved quickly to stanch speculation about who would succeed Tim Russert as moderator of Meet the Press, announcing Sunday that Tom Brokaw, former anchor of NBC Nightly News, would fill the role for the rest of this election year. The president of NBC News said “when Tom proposed this idea, we jumped at it,” adding: “It was a huge relief. It offers us some time.”

I'm at a loss this morning, in the span of time usually devoted to coffee and Tim Russert on Meet the Press,
his absence is deafening. This morning, in lieu of the regular show, they're running a tribute to Russert. The long-running show began in 1947, and Russert has helmed the ship since I can remember.