Clinton Yuks It Up on Daily Show

And what is 'it,' anyway?

(NEWSER) - Jon Stewart has noticed a recurring theme in the coverage of the president’s post-election press conference: The pundits are all eager to know if Barack Obama "gets it," he explained on last night’s Daily Show in a segment titled "The Mourning After." But they’re less than clear on what "it" is. “I mean, as pronouns go, ‘it’ is amongst the vaguest,” Stewart pointed out. “‘It’ won’t even choose a sex.” More»

Daily Show rips Democrats for public option failure.

(NEWSER) - When Democrats took over Congress in 2006, they did… well, basically nothing. But all that was supposed to change when they got their unstoppable 60-vote "super majority," right? Jon Stewart sure thought so. “They’d be like a bear with chainsaws instead of paws!” he cried. So why did two attempts to get a public option out of the Senate Finance Committee fail? More»

(NEWSER) - In anticipation of his visit with Jon Stewart on tonight’s Daily Show, an admittedly “nervous” Jim Cramer sought counsel today from another Stewart—Martha. “You should be nervous,” the lifestyle maven said on her syndicated show. “He’s fast as lightning.” The Mad Money host joked that the feud has elevated his profile at home, reports the Los Angeles Times. “My kids only know I have a show because Jon Stewart is skewering me.” More»

Fake news program sends comedy correspondent to real combat zone

(NEWSER) - The scene might not be quite so funny this week on spoof news program "The Daily Show" as comedy correspondent Rob Riggle returns with actual on-the-scene reports from an actual week in Iraq. Beginning last night the show aired footage shot by Riggle's crew with hand-held cameras while he was entertaining troops with the USO. More»

Poor people need better lobbyists: host

(NEWSER) - Jon Stewart ripped into Mitt Romney's tax return last night, and Elizabeth Warren showed up later to hammer home the point. "How can you justify making more in one day than the median American family makes in a year, while paying an effective tax rate of the guy who has to scan your shoes at the airport?" Stewart asked incredulously. Sure, as Romney pointed out, we might not want a candidate "who pays more taxes than he owes," Stewart agreed . "No, but we might want one who thinks that's wrong." Added Warren later in the show, "Washington now works for those who can hire an army of lobbyists." She pointed, to a booing audience, to a recent study showing the US' top 30 corporations spend more on lobbying than their tax bill. "That is the investment, and that is what they see as the future." More»