Political pundit Jack Germond dead at age 85




Jack Germond, the rotund and worldly-wise political pundit renowned for his columns, campaign books, and appearances on the Sunday talk show The McLaughlin Group, has died at age 85.

Germond’s specialty was shrewd and sardonic observation of politicians and campaigns based on four decades of experience that began in 1951 as a columnist for the Monroe, Mich. Evening News. Germond later served as a reporter for the Rochester Times-Union, Washington bureau chief for the Gannett newspaper chain, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, and with his colleague Jules Witcover, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune--New York News Syndicate.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/201...-at-age-85?lite

RIP, Jack !!

I know he was on the side .....but he was a good man !!

I had forgotten all about him until you just posted this. I remember him from The McLaughlin Group, I wonder if that show is still on the air. RIP.

Quote: FP123 wrote in post #3

---

I had forgotten all about him until you just posted this. I remember him from The McLaughlin Group, I wonder if that show is still on the air. RIP.

---

Oh is it still on? I used to hear Monica Crowley talk about it on her radio show, she was on it (maybe still is), but I can't recall hearing her talk about it for quite some time, I figured that maybe the rest of them all died...

Quote: FP123 wrote in post #5

---

Oh is it still on? I used to hear Monica Crowley talk about it on her radio show, she was on it (maybe still is), but I can't recall hearing her talk about it for quite some time, I figured that maybe the rest of them all died...

---

Wow, it moved to PBS. The last I remember it was an NBC show, on Sunday mornings.

Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #6

---

Check Friday nights on PBS ....if it is still on, it will be posted on the TV/Cable Guide.

---

Quote: FP123 wrote in post #7

---

Wow, it moved to PBS. The last I remember it was an NBC show, on Sunday mornings.

---

Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #8

---

Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #6

---

Check Friday nights on PBS ....if it is still on, it will be posted on the TV/Cable Guide.

---

What's a PBS? Is it like PMS or MSNBC?

---

Jack Germundo!!!!