Reply #23: There was likely at most one day when Kerry physically could [View All]

[karynnj]

have gone on the show. Kerry and Kennedy started the effort at a Wednesday at the Democratic conference. Kerry left for Davos later that afternoon and came back on Friday (when he gave his second Alito speech). The vote was on Monday.

The Daily show (I think) is Monday - Friday. The only day even remotely possible was Friday. I assume after his speech, Kerry was likely lobbying Senators to vote for it. To be on the Daily Show, he would have had to fly to NYC to be on that night's show. A huge risk is that it would end up a huge present to the Republicans - they were already implying that Kerry was off skiing rather than doing his work in the Senate.

I do think that after it was over, Kerry could have gone on - especially as they could have joked about the contrast between what he was doing (attending a serious economics conference) vs what McClellan suggested (skiing). He could have then concisely explained the problem with Alito - though that would have to be deadly serious.

If he went on now - the utter aburdity of Sherwood sueing Kerry - might suit Steward's sense of humor, but it might be a problem as it's still open.