So here's a weird postulation by a friend with a rather open-ended idea about life on this planet...that Russert was playing Obama after that nasty dude was processed.

Honestly, we live in a reality that we most likely don't actually understand the nature of. Best to not cleave to any one particular thing being true at this point. Where our individual relationship with who and whatever we feel is our Creator / God / The Universe (et al) is what it comes down to. Best make that one good, and the rest is just the Earth experience.