More on Lieberman, Carson

Here are excerpts from out in Arizona from the Arizona Republic:

Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., interviewed Thursday on Comedy Central's Daily Show With Jon Stewart, pointed out that he had been sitting next to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during the presidential inauguration earlier that day.

Stewart couldn't help but ask, "Now, underneath, was he (McCain) muttering at all during it?"

Responded Lieberman, "Well, ah...funny you should ask. Cause when the president took the oath, John and I were lip-syncing."

McCain and Lieberman are former presidential candidates who failed to win their respective political parties' nomination. McCain lost to President Bush in the GOP's 2000 primaries.

But now that he and Lieberman have taken the oath as president, albeit only by lip-syncing with Bush, Lieberman joked, "We're both prepared to take office whenever necessary."

The site also suggests that Rep. J.D. Hayworth is currently planning to run for governorship in Arizona when the office is up for election. He has spoken to Mississippi Congressman Chip Pickering about a run.

Cable channels did a better job then the networks. CNN, what do you have to say for yourself?

Kyrie O'Connor article comparing Stewart and Carson:

Compare/contrast Johnny Carson/Jon Stewart. Of course both Letterman (who seemed to get the mantle in the final days) and Leno (the technical heir) can claim their share of Johnny Carson's legacy, but MeMo thinks you could make a real case that Stewart is the true heir of Carson. Every intoner has intoned that Carson was the person America went to to find out what to think about the news and pop culture. These days, that's not Letterman or Leno. It's Stewart. He doesn't have the huge Carson audience, but he has the younger audience (just as it was never uncool early on to watch Carson). He takes it over the edge more than Carson ever did, but that's partly a function of the cable mentality and the changed times. It seems pretty evident to MeMo that Stewart literally studied Carson -- the tics, the looks, the expressions. The only other person who comes close is Conan O'Brien.

[look of confusion]Really? Is that so?!?