HOH's One-Minute Recess: Overheard on the Hill

HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Overheard on the Hill

By Elizabeth Brotherton and Alison McSherry

Posted December 3, 2010 at 10:50am

“On looks alone, John Thune would make a great president as long as he can fend off a challenge from a flat-front Docker’s pant model.”

— Comedian Stephen Colbert in a Thursday night tweet about the South Dakota Republican. Looks like we know who the Comedy Central host will be pulling for in 2012.

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