If Drudge’s report is accurate, that Team Hillary is complaining about Russert’s questions, this wouldn’t be the first time. A veteran watcher of New York politics reminds me that her supporters complained about Russert’s questions during her 2000 Senate debate with Rick Lazio. Some references to those complaints can be found here (halfway down the page), in an interview with Howard Kurtz:

RUSSERT: I mean, you have to be evenhanded in these things, and to this day I’m amazed, well, when you say cause a stir, it was largely amongst party activists supporting Hillary Clinton. And I fully expected that …You get it from the left and the right, and I think that kind of confirms you’re doing a pretty good job.

I would add that there’s no way you can call MSNBC’s debate moderation “evenhanded.” They ignored Richardson and Kucinich for half an hour. Check out the Dodd “Talk Clock.”

I don’t blame them for giving more time to the frontrunners; there are three candidates who have a real shot at the nomination, and time spent with Kucinich is a waste.