I have always thought Dave was a pretty good barometer of middle America CW. He rightly called out McCain for his snub and silly pandering political ploy. But now I hear that there may be a make-up in the works for right around the time of the third debate. This could go a couple of ways.
My favorite scenario is that Dave books him and then bumps him because Regis or Richard Simmons drops in unexpectedly. Snub the bastard.
Another great possibility is that Dave drops all pretense of comedy and just reams him a new one. Less likely, but it sure would be groundbreaking television, and after all the guy has it coming.
Another possibility is pushing him too far on Palin humor to the point where the beast is unleashed. Which of course would be followed by at least a week of running that footage over again night after night with Dave just hammering the joke into the ground. That could easily happen. I could easily envision a weeklong parsing of the whole encounter.
We can definitely expect Dave to lead up to it in a big way. Maybe not as big as the Oprah thing, but it could be a very highly rated show by the time Dave has hyped it night after night. McCain will inevitably try to make it like his ridiculous suspension was necessary and heroic, and Dave will be forced to accept that and shill for the guy or throw him under the bus.
And lest you think that all this is trivial and unimportant, remember that thanks to the tireless efforts of the Obama volunteers adn the 50 state strategy, Indiana is actually in play. Dave plays really big in Indiana.
What do you kids think?