Tonight's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was another great episode, which is quite remarkable given that it's the night after John Kerry was on the program. Stewart is definitely one of the most able and shrewd political analysts in our country today, even if he claims that he is merely a comedian.

Tonight's guest was Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, who like most other politicos has been on the program in the past because young impressionable voters are watching. Jon was notably tougher on Gillespie than he was on Kerry last night (though not as hard as he was on Stephen "my book is a clusterf#ck" Hayes), but he promised to go easy on the President if he would show up on the show (though not as easy as bass fishing TV host Roland Martin).

Now to the meat of the interview.

Stewart asked Gillespie why the GOP chose New York City (the "gayest and Jew-iest" city in the country) for the convention... "what, was San Francisco booked?"

Gillespie replied that New Jersey, just across the river from New York, should be competitive in this election. What is more, he said that the Republican Party is doing better in the Northeast than it has in a long time.

I'm not certain to which "Northeast" Gillespie was referring (perhaps Northeast Texas), because the GOP is in fact doing the worst it has ever done north of the Mason-Dixon line. In fact, if George W. Bush wins reelection in the fall, he will likely become the first person in US history to win the White House without winning a state in the Northeast (the only shot he has is New Hampshire, and that's not looking so good for him). So much for telling the truth, Mr. Gillespie!