In addition to being one of the more memorable "fake-cry" performances since Tonya Harding at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Mr. Broussard's style had that unconvincing, liberal creepiness of an Al Gore convention speech drama - syrupy thick with a cadence that even a dyslexic Jesse Jackson supporter could handle ("monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday"). Mr Russert's patented 2.3 second "the donkey ate my homework" delayed response was the perfect topper.