Matt Wilstein

Mitt Romney launched his major general election ad campaign this week and the late night hosts (minus the still on vacation Stewart and Colbert) were there to brutally make fun of him.

In other news, Newark Mayor Cory Booker became the Obama campaign's #1 enemy and...

President Obama's big gay marriage announcement continued to dominate the news this week, thanks in part to Newsweek's "First Gay President" cover.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were on vacation, but Conan O'Brien in particular picked up the slack, not only having a great week...

From the moment Joe Biden opened his mouth on Meet the Press, this week was all about gay marriage. Once President Obama made his big announcement on Wednesday afternoon, it was all anyone in the media could talk about.

In other revelations, we learned that

This week began with the ultimate collision of comedy and politics: the White House Correspondents' Dinner. President Obama's fifteen minutes of stand-up outshone Jimmy Kimmel's routine, but Kimmel's special edition of Unnecessary Censorship was a highlight.

Later in the week, the nation celebrated the one year...

This was the week that Rick Santorum sort-of endorsed Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich almost dropped out of the presidential race, and Mitt Romney pursued his unique appeal to young people. While they were doing that, President Obama proved how cool he is...

Though it's reportedly going to take him a week to make it official, Newt Gingrich will finally be dropping out of the GOP primary race and endorsing his new best friend Mitt Romney. Here are some of the funniest moments from his doomed campaign (plus one classic from...

This was the week when we lost the last real barrier between Mitt Romney and the GOP nomination. Rick Santorum, you will be missed. In other news, Facebook dropped $1 billion to ruin Instagram, George Zimmerman finally got arrested a month and a half after murdering...

Two weeks before his home state Pennsylvania primary, Rick Santorum has officially dropped out of the 2012 presidential race. So, like Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry before him, here are the funniest Rick Santorum videos from a very unpredictable campaign.

This week began with Mitt Romney getting pranked on April Fools' Day before he almost, finally eliminated rival Rick Santorum in Tuesday's less-than-thrilling primaries. The highlight of the week was no doubt Sarah Palin's infiltration of the "lamestream media" on the Today Show.

This week the hoodie replaced the Etch A Sketch as the most talked about item in the news media, with Geraldo Rivera standing by his outrageous comments and Rep. Bobby Rush illegally rocking one in Congress.

On the campaign trail, Rick Santorum...

It was the week of the Etch A Sketch, but apparently the Internet made comedy out of that so fast that there was nothing left for the late night shows to do. Instead, they focused on Rick Santorum's crusade against pornography, Peyton...

This week saw the the rise and ultimate, tragic, naked fall of the man behind KONY 2012. Romney, Santorum and Gingrich hit the zenith of their collective Southern pandering during the Alabama and Mississippi primaries. And Will Ferrell

This week began with Oscars, and while nothing could ever top Sacha Baron Cohen's fateful encounter with Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet, the late night hosts did their best to send up the annual ritual.

In other news, thanks to some mischievous Democrats in Michigan,...

This week saw the triumphant return of Stephen Colbert after two harrowing days off the air. President Obama continued his quest to out-sing all of his Republican rivals. And Mitt Romney compared himself to George Constanza.


Below are my favorite late...

Stephen Colbert was only able to deliver a couple of shows this week, but he did have at least one great segment on the Colbert Report along with a surprise appearance on Jimmy Fallon. The week of cable hosts appearing on broadcast shows continued, with

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert may have been off this week, but between the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards and Rick Santorum's surprise sweep of Tuesday's caucuses, there were plenty of stories for the other late night hosts to talk about.


Below are...

This week saw two major endorsements in the ongoing battle for the GOP nomination. First, Herman Cain did very little to help Newt Gingrich by endorsing him (in addition to, not instead of "the People") ahead of the Florida primary. Then, once Mitt Romney...

President Obama finally broke through the onslaught of Republican debates this week to deliver his State of the Union address (complete with hilarious "don't cry over spilled milk" joke). But his moment in the spotlight was short-lived as the media quickly turned...

The South Carolina primary dominated this news this week, with two debates (and two standing ovations for Newt Gingrich). But Newt wasn't the only candidate surging in the polls. Stephen Colbert/Herman Cain made a last minute play to shake up South Carolina. Oh, and...

The man who was supposed to come storming into the 2012 Republican primary race and take out Mitt Romney is now dropping out two days before he would have certainly embarrassed himself in South Carolina.


With his offensively named...