By Denise Hazlick
With the latest round of primaries looming, the late-night hosts continued to focus on the Grand Old Party's slate of presidential?candidates.
On Thursday, Jon Stewart began with a look back at the previous night's debate in Arizona. He pointed out that it was the?20th debate?of the election season, noting "one more, and the debates will be able to drink legally, mostly to forget about the terrible things they?ve heard in these debates."?
First up, he played a clip of Mitt Romney basking in the glow of applause while making his opening statement, after which he mangled a line from the sitcom ?Seinfeld.??"Don?t pretend like you watch 'Seinfeld,' you big phony!" Stewart snapped.?
He then turned the focus?to how the GOP field went after newly crowned front-runner Rick Santorum with a vengeance ?-?specifically attacking his less-than-conservative voting record in the Senate. The montage of quotes ended with debate moderator John King asking Ron Paul, ?You have a new television ad labeling (Santorum) as a fake. Why?? Paul?s response: ?Because he?s a fake,? to which Santorum points to himself and says ?I?m real, Ron, I?m real.??
In response to the attacks, Santorum tried to defend his voting record with reasoned debate, a move that will turn Santorum, according to Stewart, into ?one more failed not-Romney.?
"Daily Show" senior political analyst John Oliver offered some insight into Santorum's surge,?pointing out that he?is a little too?open and honest with his conservative opinions, a move that isn't playing well with the Republican establishment and conservative pundits and won't work to his advantage in the long run.
"Republicans aren't idiots,?Jon," Oliver said. "They know America likes its conservatism cut with plenty of baking powder, because one hit of the pure stuff and you'll wake up with Eric Stoltz strangling you, having just plunged an adrenaline needle into your heart."
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On "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert scored the Arizona debate as a victory for Romney. He was especially pleased with Romney's less-than-on-point response to?moderator King's question about the biggest misconception the public has about him. "You get to ask the questions you want, I get to give the answers I want," Romney said to King.
Colbert then tried that tactic himself. When asked "Why was George W. Bush wrong in his efforts to save the auto industry and why was Barack Obama wrong to continue the effort?", he answered "Lincoln," saying?that the?question he was answering was what is the capital of Nebraska.
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Romney and Santorum weren't the only candidates getting attention on Thursday night. During Wednesday's debate, when asked to use one word to describe himself, Newt Gingrich said: "Cheerful." David Letterman had a few other words -- more precisely top 10 other ways -- to describe the former Speaker of the House, with the No. 1 way read by actor Kevin Spacey.
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"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough was one of Letterman's guests on Thursday and played right into the "Late Show" host's wheelhouse with his assessment of Romney. "This entire campaign has basically been about Romney," Scarborough said. "You've got Republicans who aren't excited about him. I mean, he's a lot like Jay Leno -- he can draw a crowd but nobody really likes him."
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In the words of Jerry Seinfeld: "When you hit that high note, say goodnight and walk off!"
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