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First of all, I was surprised that there was absolutely no mention of Fred Thompson dropping out of the race. I'm pretty sure the news broke well before the show started taping, and it's not like they didn't have the time to, you know, write it into the script. Secondly, the Dow plummeted and Bush likes to ride mowers in circles.

"Indecison 2008": I thought Jon was going to pull something during his crazy rave scene. I'll admit, it was cool, but not quite as cool as Conan O'Brien's masterful German light shows. Anyway, that intense glow-stick flailing was all for the recent Clinton vs. Obama vs. Edwards throw-down. The elusive Dave Chappelle was also in attendance, for some reason. Maybe Obama started doing those "brother" jokes because he spotted Chappelle. It's a good thing he didn't throw out a Li'l Jon style "Whaaat?!"

"Operation Deserter Storm": Man, the graphics department has been having a lot of fun. Everything on the show has been looking a little more, um, epic than usual. Anyway, in this two-part segment, Jason Jones traveled to Iceland, where the government decided to withdraw the country's troops. And by "country's troops", I mean "lone, hot, blonde soldier". Jones made it his quest to bring her back, 24 style, but failed to do so in this first segment. I'm sure if the strike wasn't in effect and Jon wasn't desperate to fill up time, this segment would have been concluded. Apart from the car honk interrupting Jones' dramatic scream, I didn't really find the piece so entertaining.

The night's guest was Jim Wallis, preacher and author of The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America. He and Jon engaged in a pretty interesting conversation about the influence of religion in politics. In a strange twist, the audience didn't applaud obnoxiously after Jon's every point, but did so for a lot of what Wallis said.

Jon/Stephen: None, again. Sad. Moment of Zen: Bush just loves being filmed while riding things.