Jon started with a congratulations to former Daily Show correspondent, Steve Carell, for his Golden Globe win (The Office). Yay for Steve! We learned that Steve's last words to Jon before leaving the show were "Adios, douchebag". Aww... Best friends forever!

Republicans seem to be having a less-than-brilliant time... Ohio Congressman Bob Ney decided to step down from his position due to a Jack Abramoff scandal that is currently brewing and Roy Blunt, John Shadegg, and John Boehner (heh, boner -- look out, there are a lot more of these coming up in the rest of the review) are all vying for GOP leadership. Kind of hard to tell who is currently doing the best, though... They're all super hung up on "reform" and "reform"... and "reform". Jon expressed concern for Blunt's facial expressions (he has, what I like to call, "Elrond eyebrows of doom").

Senior Political Analyst (haha, anal) Ed Helms chimed in to talk about the taint of the government. And so began a five-minute "taint" joke. Oh my word. "Everyone in Congress has a taint," Helms explained. He and Jon also discussed the difference between Republican and Democratic taints as well as the taints of the House and Senate. Helms even went as far to show a map (heh, very inaccurate one) of Washington that had everyone's favorite patriotic phallic symbol, the Washington Monument, and the Pentagon side-by-side. The taint lies in-between. Duh. Helms ended by saying that the only thing that can be done is if the taint is attacked from both sides. Yes, ladies and gentlemen: the shocker. Oh man, this is too immature... even for me.

I cannot believe Hillary Clinton compared the House of Representatives to a plantation while she was making a speech at a Martin Luther King Day event in Harlem. Wow. Just... wow. Good luck in 2008, lady. New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin, has been saying some ridiculous things lately, as well. He thinks that the new New Orleans should be chocolate. I think you know what he means... What a fool. Didn't he see the beginning of Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

The night's guest was Ambassador L. Paul Bremer (or "Jerry", as he is called by his friends and in his new book, My Year in Iraq). He and Jon discussed Iraq, of course, and what Bremer found on his travels (some of the worst damage in Iraq was economy-based, for example). The interview started fairly friendly (and even kind of funny because Bremer joked back) but grew sort of tense towards the middle when Bremer and Jon debated over a few issues (and of course, the TDS audience cheered wildly for Jon... I know it's his show and all, but that audience can get obnoxious sometimes). The interview ended nicely, though. No one went O'Reilly on anyone else's ass.

Colbert/Stewart time... When Jon brought up the Golden Globes, Stephen got kind of frustrated. All the "gay" movies won instead of the "normal" ones. Stephen said that he wanted Capote to win everything instead, completely unaware that Truman Capote was actually a homosexual. Ahh, don't tell him. Let him dream his little dream. Moment of Zen: Hillary Clinton compares the House to a plantation. Mammy disapproves.