The Daily Show

[drone]

Left and right (center just isn't funny). If Obama gets elected, they will rip him because they will have to. Otherwise the show will die. If anyone shows incompetence, hypocrisy, and huge amounts of spin, they will jump on it. If the media fails to properly cover a story, they will jump on it. Don't forget their source material. Except for their silly stuff, they are showing news footage/editorial and the "victim's" own words. When the Dem politicos get their time in the spotlight, expect the same treatment.

[ICantSpellDawg]

Left and right (center just isn't funny). If Obama gets elected, they will rip him because they will have to. Otherwise the show will die. If anyone shows incompetence, hypocrisy, and huge amounts of spin, they will jump on it. If the media fails to properly cover a story, they will jump on it. Don't forget their source material. Except for their silly stuff, they are showing news footage/editorial and the "victim's" own words. When the Dem politicos get their time in the spotlight, expect the same treatment.

I don't think that they will focus on politics all that much. They will expand into other areas. The daily show only started getting really political in order to attack prosecutors during the Clinton affair. Stewart made the show political - and he will transition to a regular fake news show when Obama is elected. He has been so absolutely obsessed with Iraq that for a few years it was the only thing that he talked about.

I don't believe that the show will become political again until the Republicans have a majority in Congress or a President in the White House. It won't get viewers on the left - nobody would watch someone who attacked their own with that much regularity.

[Ronin]

I don't think that they will focus on politics all that much. They will expand into other areas. The daily show only started getting really political in order to attack prosecutors during the Clinton affair. Stewart made the show political - and he will transition to a regular fake news show when Obama is elected. He has been so absolutely obsessed with Iraq that for a few years it was the only thing that he talked about.

I don't believe that the show will become political again until the Republicans have a majority in Congress or a President in the White House. It won't get viewers on the left - nobody would watch someone who attacked their own with that much regularity.

and if he does that (which I don´t think he will) the show will lose popularity (specially outside the US) and he´ll feel the sting.

seems like a self-correcting situation to me.

[ICantSpellDawg]

and if he does that (which I don´t think he will) the show will lose popularity (specially outside the US) and he´ll feel the sting.

seems like a self-correcting situation to me.

I'l bet that he changes focus off of politics and rationalizes like this: "the people in office just aren't that funny right now" and people will buy it. Then they can go ahead and make fun of rednecks around the country and people who think they see aliens like they used to when the show was funnier anyway - maybe throwing an occasional jab at politics when Obama does or says something un-progressive.