Stewart Uses Jan Brewer Fiasco To Show Democrats' Midterm Challenges (VIDEO)

Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart returned from vacation to address the upcoming midterm elections as well as Jan Brewer's recent debate disaster in a segment called "Are You Ready For Some Mid-Terms?"

Stewart began with clips of various talking heads claiming the Democrats have had a good couple years but are now "cruising toward a November bruising," in the midterm elections. So what tricks does Obama have up his (rolled up) sleeves to help the Dems? A pledge to give America, "the best infrastructure in the world." Unfortunately, this sounded all too familiar to Stewart, who proved with a clip that Obama made the same exact pledge in March of 2009, saying a renewed infrastructure was "the cause of [his] presidency."

"OK, it may be the cause, but I guess what we're wondering is, what's the effect?" Stewart asked.

The Democrats' problem isn't their ideas or strategies, Stewart lamented. "It's that what they do doesn't f***ing matter." Case in point? Republican Governor Jan Brewer's horrendous opening statement at the Arizona gubernatorial debate. Stewart had a field day with Brewer's poor performance, saying "Miss. Teen North Carolina called" and even speculating that she had been embodied by the guy from "Quantum Leap" during her "brain fart."

Brewer's performance can be used as evidence of the difficulties Democratic candidates are facing simply because after all her gaffes, racially insensitive legislation, and false statements about decapitated heads found in the desert, she's still crushing her Democratic opponent. Stewart was dumbfounded.

"Alvin Green's got to be thinking, 'but that's my strategy!'"

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Comments

[independent32955-2]

03:59 PM on 09/10/2010

the people of arizona deserve this woman.

[Rickfors]

09:20 PM on 09/10/2010

Who really wants her?
I don't think that even the Republicans want her.

[LindaFS]

04:22 PM on 09/09/2010

Oh come on, Jan! You know better than that. Write it on your hand!

[2riv1dra]

03:00 PM on 09/09/2010

AL: Sam this is awful. That verbal flub you did in the debate made Arizonans like her even more. Ziggy says now Jan Brewer goes on to win the election instead of waiting tables at a Denny's.

[audadvnc]

02:36 PM on 09/09/2010

That Jan Brewer statement was pretty awesome (I've been there, when the camera's little red light comes on and your brain goes "poof") - but like Mr. Stewart says, it doesn't matter what she says, she'll be the next Ariz governor anyhow.

[BPCentrisAmerican]

12:12 PM on 09/09/2010

Maybe if she wrote it on her hand? Anyway she lied about Arizona fiscal problems and shrinking government, not mention the headless bodies in the desert. My republican governor lied about capping property taxes, which he had no power to do, comes naturally to them.

[PALFEY]

11:17 AM on 09/09/2010

I don't know what it takes to get Dems to have a backbone. Drudge captured it brilliantly in the photos of Obama vs Putin on their vacations. One was riding around on a girl's bike with a goofy helmet on while the other was harpooning whales on the high seas. You guess who was who.

[BPCentrisAmerican]

11:57 AM on 09/09/2010

Bush keep on falling off his bike, he needed his goofy helmet. Cheney got drunk and shot his friend on his vacation. Bush 41 just grounded his 38 ft Cigarette, he calls a fishing boat this summer, it was fun watch guys in suites trying re-float it. It's got 4 250-hp Merc. outboards on it, 1000 hp sweet, but I think it's to much him now.

Question, are wing-nuts cynical d-bags about everything, did you mommy and daddies beat with a bible when you where kids?

[independent32955-2]

04:01 PM on 09/10/2010

dont forget the pretzel that almost killed bush while watching football....the man couldn't be trusted to tie his own shoes let alone be the POTUS.

[calltoaction]

11:10 AM on 09/09/2010

and the dumbest rise to the top in American politics. because they are more like"us" - dumb.

[Lima18]

10:28 AM on 09/09/2010

^5

[garagenoir]

08:36 AM on 09/09/2010

Sheriff Joe Arpaia has determined that hundreds of Democratic activists beheaded themselves in the desert to confuse Ms. Brewer. The bodies were found with grotesquely misspelled and racist Tea Party signs - a dead giveaway.

[L-Punk]

04:50 AM on 09/09/2010

NICE Quantum Leap reference!!!

[blueskybigstar]

12:53 AM on 09/09/2010

50 billion is what we spend already. That is not nearly enough.

[Phxflyer]

11:41 PM on 09/08/2010

Once again, more insightful analysis from the fake news than from the real news.

[diak0n0s]

11:27 PM on 09/08/2010

Personally, I think Mr. Leibowitz is being a bit hard on the Gov.

[EF3]

10:01 AM on 09/09/2010

Personally, I think you're post is full of it.

[BPCentrisAmerican]

12:15 PM on 09/09/2010

Actually, no he wasn't. Do wingers hate Jews now?

[Rickfors]

09:25 PM on 09/10/2010

That's next,
or making a repeat of who they don't like....

[pending]

11:05 PM on 09/08/2010

Funny segment, but definitely no where near his best.

[Laughlines]

11:04 PM on 09/08/2010

Et tu, Stewart?