Obama Wins Colbert’s Endorsement, Not His Vote

Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert jumped on the bandwagon and endorsed Barack Obama on his satirical late-night show “The Colbert Report” Wednesday night. The mock conservative pundit said he was tired of other Republicans stealing the spotlight for crossing party lines to support the Illinois senator. “It is time for the media to stop covering these has-beens and start covering this is-be,” Colbert deadpanned, as pictures of Obama-backing Republicans like Colin Powell appeared on the screen. “My endorsement of Obama just now took real courage, the courage to cross party lines from a party that is a staggering mass of flaming agony to the party that looks like it’s got a pretty good shot at winning this thing,” he said. Colbert reasoned that it’s good to be associated with the winner “and if there’s one thing that this campaign has taught us it’s that we are defined by our associations,” he said, as pictures of Bill Ayers and Rev. ... (link)