Colbert nation?
11.10.2006If you watch Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, you've probably noticed that Stephen Colbert, the political news show's satirical host (not to be confused w/ Jon Stewart) has conducted a series of interviews w/ congressional representatives — and candidates — for his "Better Know a District" series. Well, it seems there's a "Colbert Bump" in politic. Every candidate (incumbent or otherwise, Democrat & GOP) that was interviewed on his show was elected on Tuesday — including those in close races! Even though his interviews were entirely satirical, often deliberately mocking the candidates directly. I can't think of a single example of a candidate Colbert interviewed that didn't win in 2006. Are we a Colber nation? After all, Time did name him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
One exception, of course, is Lamont. Colber did, in fact, interview Lamont (who, btw, did better than polling suggested). But he didn't get interviewed in the "Better Know a District" segment, which is what I'm specifically referencing.
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ADDENDUM: Seems I was too hasty, some of the interviewees (particularly challengers) didn't actually win in '06. But of the 28 sitting Represenatatives that were interviewed, all 28 were re-elected in '06. That's still pretty impressive. And the John Hall interview did seem to put the come-from-nowhere challenger over the top (the incumbent, Sue Kelly, had held the seat for 12 years).
Posted by Miguel at 12:57 PM