Jon Stewart - Democrat House Organ

Although the 2006 mid-term elections resulted in Democrat majorities in the House and Senate, the actual vote tallies show that the nation is still arithmetically divided around the 50-50 mark. Democrats achieved victory in many individual races by the skimpiest of margins. Consequently, the election results were not an overwhelming popular rejection of Republicans, as is characterized, rather the 2006 Democrat 'landslide' was a collection of individual eked-out victories.

Given all that, Dr. Rusty Shackleford has analyzed the pre-election circumstances and identified how and why the Democrats were able to prevail by the smallest of margins, garnering the extra measures of support needed for victory. It's Rusty's contention that the determining factor which swayed the voting was Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, watched on cable by young, impressionable voters.

Rusty argues that Jon Stewart was the catalyst that prompted the necessary extra votes which put the Democrats on top. The '06 results were not a public cry to "throw the bums out." Instead, they were the fruits of the persistent pounding, month after month, of the Democrat campaign themes by a cable-channel comedian on a faux news program. A few votes here and there make all the difference in the world.

I'm in agreement.

Check out Jon Stewart: Democratic Majority Kingmaker at Townhall.com.