In a nutshell, Congress wants to get to the bottom of the U.S. Attorney scandal. On paper, this may be the most boring scandal in U.S. history: United States Attorneys fired for political reasons by the President and his advisors. Except that it's serious, and as commentators have suggested, it is almost unprecedented for the President to single out a few U.S. Attorneys for political retribution.

It's hard to get people excited about this, and most people couldn't care less about a few grieved attorneys. One of the criticisms of the left over the years was that it had no sense of humor, and that it was conservatives -- led by blowhard Rush Limbaugh -- who captured the public imagination with "witty" commentary. This is changing.

Thank George W. Bush and his endless stream of incompetent and corrupt leadership.
I think its fair to say that Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert is a comic genius. Like a standup comic who changes his routine, no one else can hit the nail on the head this way. Watch this segment. Same goes for Jon Stewart. These guys are taking a mundane story -- separation of powers, Congressional investigations and Presidential perogative -- and making it understandable. Not an easy thing to do. It's a sad state of affairs when a comedy channel offers the most biting political commentary these days. Maybe these segments should be played every morning in the country's high schools.