The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Losing the Election

Season 18 • 11/08/2012

John Oliver explains how President Obama messed up by winning the election.

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03:07

Post Democalypse 2012 - America Takes a Shower
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All it took for a reelected Barack Obama to get his groove back was the fact that he never has to run for president again.
11/07/2012
05:10

Post Democalypse 2012 - America Takes a Shower - Fox News Meltdown
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The party of personal responsibility blames the mainstream media, Hurricane Sandy and the Obama smear machine for Mitt Romney's loss.
11/07/2012
05:37

Post Democalypse 2012 - America Takes a Shower - Karl Rove's Math
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Karl Rove disputes Fox News's Ohio electoral math, Megyn Kelly goes for a stroll, and Bill O'Reilly pronounces the election a victory for people who want stuff.
11/07/2012
05:10

Post Democalypse 2012 - America Takes a Shower - Fox News Meltdown
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The party of personal responsibility blames the mainstream media, Hurricane Sandy and the Obama smear machine for Mitt Romney's loss.
11/07/2012
06:13

Nate Silver
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Lord and god of the algorithm Nate Silver explains how his election forecasts got it right, and why others got it wrong.
11/07/2012
00:23

Moment of Zen - Weird Bubbling Bong Sounds
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Everything the media knows about weed, it learned from Cheech & Chong movies.
11/08/2012
07:08

Katie Dellamaggiore & Pobo Efekoro
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Katie Dellamaggiore and Pobo Efekoro discuss the making of "Brooklyn Castle," a documentary about chess and public school budget cuts.
11/08/2012
03:40

Post-Democalyptic World - The Porn Ultimatum
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California loves referendums even more than it loves putting avocado on things that avocados really don't belong on.
11/08/2012
03:48

Post-Democalyptic World - Marijuana Legalization
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The media gets the giggles after Colorado voters legalize recreational marijuana use.
11/08/2012
02:40

Post-Democalyptic World - Potted Up
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Al Madrigal conveys the details of Colorado's marijuana referendum despite never having smoked pot.
11/08/2012
03:03

Losing the Election
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According to John Oliver, Barack Obama and Joe Biden weren't trying to win the election because they don't want to be the economy's Thelma and Louise.
11/08/2012
05:44

Mike Huckabee Pt. 2
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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee quotes the Bible to defend a political advertisement's controversial religious imagery.
11/12/2012
00:26

Moment of Zen - Grover Norquist's Election Analysis
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Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist weighs in on the reasons for Obama's election victory.
11/12/2012
03:27

Spyfall - David Petraeus Resigns
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Fallout from the David Petraeus-Paula Broadwell affair includes several odiferous conspiracy theories.
11/12/2012
01:38

Hurricane Sandy Cleanup
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Help Hurricane Sandy victims by donating time and money to the Staten Island Strong organization.
11/12/2012
05:22

Mike Huckabee Pt. 1
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Author and Fox News host Mike Huckabee doubles down on his opinion that Republicans have done a "pathetic" job courting minority voters.
11/12/2012
04:20

Spyfall
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Ex-CIA director and military legend David Petraeus admits to an affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, a former guest of "The Daily Show."
11/12/2012
06:20

Jason Sudeikis
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Jason Sudeikis sees the human side of Mitt Romney and explains why the president and vice president cannot be Eskimo brothers.
11/13/2012
05:55

Band of Boners
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The Petraeus scandal widens to include another general and shirtless FBI agent, so John Oliver believes the military's only solution is banning non-gays.
11/13/2012
00:22

Moment of Zen - Petraeus' Shortcoming
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Pat Robertson weighs in on David Petraeus's distinguished career.
11/13/2012
04:45

Post-Democalyptic World - Whine Country
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President Obama's reelection garners corporate layoffs and online petitions from not-so-proud American secessionists.
11/13/2012
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