The Colbert Report

Midterm Midtacular - Beatty & Bening Confirmation Call

Season 2 E 140 • 11/07/2006

The Colbert Report is broadcasting its Midterm Midtacular live.

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01:55

Vote Your Conscience
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Stephen accidentally ordered only red balloons for the midterm election special, so if you want an exciting, fun, happy balloon drop, the Republicans have to win.
11/06/2006
01:06

Absentee Voting
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Absentee voting is for people who can't put their country first for one day and find the local elementary school gym.
11/06/2006
05:52

Mark Halperin
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Mark Halperin believes not many reporters watch The Colbert Report, and that's a problem.
11/06/2006
00:33

Intro - 11/6/06
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Stephen covers Borat, reports on a scandal in the Evangelical church, and gives a run-down on how to vote.
11/06/2006
02:48

Saddam's Hanging
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Stephen's hoping for a Christmas hanging of Saddam Hussein --and he'd be willing to air it.
11/06/2006
03:12

Better Know a District - Midterm Midtacular
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Every congressman interviewed for Better Know a District has been re-elected.
11/07/2006
04:04

Midterm Midtacular - Democrat Majority
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The people have spoken, and apparently, they're tired of freedom.
11/07/2006
02:25

Midterm Midtacular - Update from The Daily Show
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Deep inside, Stephen Colbert is a bubbling cauldron of all that makes this country great.
11/07/2006
03:04

Robert Wexler and Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Since his first appearance on The Colbert Report, Robert Wexler has learned to be careful with what he says to Stephen.
11/07/2006
04:31

Stephen's Final Thoughts
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Following the midterm election results, a flustered Stephen Colbert explains that he thought America would have lasted longer than 230 years.
11/07/2006
04:05

Midterm Midtacular - Beatty & Bening Confirmation Call
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Warren Beatty and Annette Bening are on the phone -- live-- with Stephen right now.
11/07/2006
06:31

Jeff Greenfield
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Stephen and Jeff Greenfield discuss the aftermath of the midterm elections, and Stephen asks questions Jeff has never heard before.
11/08/2006
00:24

Intro - 11/8/06
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On this episode, Stephen covers the rainstorm in New York, talks to CNN Political Analyst Jeff Greenfield, and wonders what to do about the flooding in his basement.
11/08/2006
02:39

Tek Jansen - Theme Song
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The long wait ends -- it's Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen in The New Tek Jansen Adventure theme song!
11/08/2006
05:09

Better Know a District - New York's 19th - John Hall
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Newly elected New York Congressman John Hall, who narrowly won his congressional seat thanks to the Colbert Bump, sings the national anthem with Stephen.
11/08/2006
01:53

Special Memories
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The Democrats may have taken away control of the House, but they can never take away our memories of the Republican revolution.
11/08/2006
03:53

The Word - Sigh
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Stephen looks to the sweet brown medicine to take away the pain of the midterm elections.
11/08/2006
00:31

Intro - 11/13/06
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President Bush turns to his father's advisors, acetaminophen is pulled off the shelves and Dan Rather will answer questions on that young punk, Bob Schieffer.
11/13/2006
02:21

The Word - Back Off, Old Man
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With James Baker and Robert Gates moving into the Bush 43 ranks, it looks as though Bush 41 is trying to wrestle control from his son -- and Stephen doesn't approve.
11/13/2006
06:16

Dan Rather
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Dan Rather is honored to be on The Report with an icon of Stephen's stature. And so is Stephen.
11/13/2006
03:23

McCain's Depression
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John McCain talks to Tim Russert about the possibility of a 2008 presidential run, but something's wrong -- he doesn't seem that excited.
11/13/2006
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