James Webb to be on the Colbert Report tonight.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

[nerddem]

1. the wind gust felt in maryland about twenty minutes ago...

...was the collective post-orgasm sigh of virginia dem bloggers after webb's segment ended ;)

[Catchawave]

2. I'm waiting for the repeat at 10:30 a.m. now....

So how did he do ? Can't believe I fell asleep during TDS last night :silly:

[nerddem]

3. he did pretty well, i'd say

he sounds a lot different than i thought he would.

he kept up with the comedic pace pretty well, but for some reason i thought he would. they call him a novice, and he is, but he's actually done better than you'd expect a first-time candidate to do, especially after his first press conference.

he threw out a good amount of red meat for the base, and some honest, sensible positions otherwise that would definitely appeal to non-politically obsessed but aware people that really are tired of the arrogance, corruption, and blind zealousness of the republican right these days.

[Catchawave]

4. coming up in the next hour on Comedy Central......

the repeat, then again at 8:30ish tonight.

I agree about the red meat, but now wondering why he's even ON Colbert this far ahead of the primary ?

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

5. I'd venture to say to get exposure. Primary is in June; not that

far away, actually.

I thought he did OK. He had a good sense of humor about being on the show. I can see the Repukes going after him, saying he's a flip-flopper (Dem-Repub-Dem), but then, that's what I expect them to do.

I think I read Wes Clark's campaign manager is his campaign manager, and former Sen. Bob Kerrey is also on his team (financing?).

[Wesin04]

6. He did well

The fact that he was interviewed by a comedian helped break any ice, I think. Actually, his campaign manager is Clark's Oklahoma campaign manager (where he won) and Bob Kerrey is is Finance Mgr/Advisor. Part of getting national exposure is to also get national dinero coming in to help finance.