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...pioneered the art of docu-comedy, with clips and stats anchored to an outsize personality, all aiming to energize the public and move it leftward. In a way, that's what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been doing this past election cycle. Do you think their shows have been a real factor in encouraging young people to vote, mirroring your effort...
...Well, I'm honored you would say that. And yes, Stewart and Colbert have been brilliant and devastating. And Letterman and Olbermann and Maher. Even Wolf Blitzer has been funny lately. Comedy is a great slayer of rogues in power...
That includes two-time champion driver Tony Stewart, who picked next season (with unfortunate Wachovia-like timing) to strike out with his own NASCAR team. Stewart is finding slim pickings for sponsorship deals that can run from $15 million to more than $20 million a season. He's had to cover his car with two lead sponsors, when he couldn't find one willing to shell out enough money, and has yet to fully fund his second car piloted by former champion Ryan Newman...
Before the 2000 catastrophe surrounding hanging chads and butterfly ballots, few people were watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or knew its veteran correspondent Stephen Colbert. Since then, however, the two comedians have come to be recognized by Time Magazine as among the most influential figures in American politics. Politicians have become eager to be special guests on their shows, indicating the perceived power these two men have over a contingent of relatively young, often disillusioned voters...
...party at odds with its presidential nominee, who helped write the failed 2006 immigration bill that would have granted a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. "McCain's at risk here because people are concerned that he has not taken a strong enough position on illegal immigration," says Corey Stewart, Republican chairman of the county board...