Based on a survey of media reaction to his victory in Tuesday’s special election for one of Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate seats, The Daily Show last night proclaimed Scott Brown “the 45th president of these United States Of America.”“So there you go. Democrats have lost one special Senate election in our nation’s 15th most populous state,” Jon Stewart reported. “Lemme see if I can break this down for you in mathematical terms: there has been a two percent swing in the power differential for 50 percent of our legislative branch of government, which of course makes up 33 percent of the federal hierarchy, so it’s… let’s put it another way.”
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