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CNN reports: Barack Obama may be the President of the United States, but for a few minutes on Monday, he was also Stephen Colbert, outgoing host of “The Colbert Report.” Obama sat down for an interview with Colbert in Washington — his third appearance on the show — and surprised the host by taking over the taping for a segment. …

From the Pew Research report: Those with consistently conservative political values are oriented around a single outlet—Fox News—to a much greater degree than those in any other ideological group: Nearly half (47%) of those who are consistently conservative name Fox News as their main source for government and political news. Far fewer choose any other single source: Local radio ranks …

Mediaite recaps last night’s Stephen Colbert show: This past weekend, King told local TV station WHO-TV that these “self-professed” gays could just as easily be straight people “setting up a case” against a business that tries to discriminate them. Colbert recounted that familiar scenario in which someone pretends to come out to their family, then pretends to fall in love, …

Twitter is buzzing with curiosity over the abrupt and as yet unexplained suspension of the Stephen Colbert Report by Comedy Central. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the show will air repeat episodes on Wednesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 16,” Comedy Central Senior VP for Communications Steve Albani told POLITICO. Albani would not comment on the specific reasons for the suspension, …

With a screenshot of JMG, but no mention. Oh, well!

Not as laugh-out-loud funny as Part 1, but some cute bits.

HRC head Joe Solmonese appeared on The Colbert Report last night and played “straight” man to Steve Colbert’s usual convolutedly hilarious logic. Here’s Part 1 of Solmonese’s bit. Part 2 will air tonight.