Late-night TV confronts a tough question: Are Democratic candidates funny?
by Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune
Jun 28, 2019
4 minutes
There are people out there for whom the Democrats' battle to pick a candidate to take on President Donald Trump in 2020 will never be funny.
Those people are not on late-night television, which is probably going to prove a good thing. Yes, this is an important election, especially if you believe the norms of the republic are eroding quicker than Miami beachfront property.
But there's going to be a lot of debating and campaigning from a field larger than a high-school glee club and without the saving grace of spangly outfits. There will be gaffes, and there will be illogic, and we'll have to find a
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