Can't we all just live in peace?

Apparently Harvard has used its considerable resources to do a survey on the hard-hitting topic "Who do young people like more: Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert?" Stewart's ahead, 30% to 26% (30% said neither, and 16% hadn't heard of either). Probably the most amusing information to come out of that is that Republicans prefer Colbert, 49% to 21%. Stewart also skews older than Colbert.

It's interesting, though, because it's hard to compare the two. The two shows are so different. Stewart's an anchor, Colbert a pundit. Colbert's playing a part, where Stewart isn't. They both riff on what the media is doing, but they do it in such different ways, and they both have very different strenghts--Stewart's a good interviewer and does a great job with researching what public figures have said in the past (and there's an interesting story about the guy who does a lot of that research in the Post today). Colbert uses fairly straight satire and sarcasm to make his points, but in general, I'm not always a huge fan of his interviews; there are times that the "Stephen Colbert" persona doesn't work.

But choosing between them? That's mean.

On a related note, I'm super excited, as I just got tickets to a taping of The Daily Show for November 3, which is the night before November 4--both my birthday and the presidential election. It's over 6 months away, but I am incredibly pumped.