As Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart's buzz usurps that of most comedians and political commentators alike, New York magazine wonders what the implications are:

So this is the dilemma Jon Stewart now finds himself facing: Is he the Emmy-winning monkey, idol to millions of young couch-skeptics, or the thoughtful partisan satirist who d like to be a player in the national discourse? It would take a genius comic to pull off both roles. But for the moment his moment; his make-or-break moment up until the election I m sad to say, my money s on the monkey to win out.

Since when was rightfully calling cable news fuckwits "dicks" anything BUT thoughtful?
Jon Stewart's Political Agenda [NY Mag]