Jeb's pretty moderate. He reminds me a lot of Romney at this point in the way he's kind of trying to position himself as the safest guy in the room and hide all the little, more traditionally liberal decisions he made as Governor.

I could not agree more.

That might be a part of it. I'm just uncomfortable with turning the show into little more than a platform for the candidate of the week to look friendly and goofy for a couple minutes.

I'll be curious to see how long the demographic that turned the Report into a ratings powerhouse will stick around for this. I can't imagine it being for too terribly long.

I doubt the Colbert bump will have much of an impact here. He seems to actively be trying to dissuade the cultish adoration part of the Report.

I'm not asking for hard-hitting journalism. I'm looking for entertainment, not having to sit through a candidate getting a free soapbox and chance to look friendly.

The way I see it, you're jumping on a very slippery slope by having candidates show up in the first episodes of your show to answer cheap questions of any sort. I think Colbert is starting on a bad foot and it has nothing to do with whether he goes after the candidates or not. He's setting a precedent of "This is a…

But it's his show. If he doesn't want Jeb to be there, especially on his first ever show, he should be pushing not to have Jeb be there.

You're probably right. I'm not asking for Colbert to play hardball. I'm just asking for him to at least casually pretend to be an entertainer, not someone setting up a soapbox for whoever needs to soften their image.

He's given a couple interviews about being pretty moderate, mostly socially liberal and a little bit conservative on issues like national security, finances and a few other assorted conservative talking points. I think he's a guy you could definitely have a reasonable political discussion with, regardless of where you…

I see what you're saying and certainly don't disagree but it felt like Colbert was providing more of a platform for advertising and spit-shining Jeb's image than a place for comedy or even entertainment.

I'm just wildly uncomfortable with Colbert, someone known for comedy and political viciousness on both sides of the aisle asking, "Why do you want to be President of the United States?" You can't provide a much better free platform than that.

He's conservative but I wouldn't necessarily call him a Republican.

He lobbed him softballs that the internet ate up. I was profoundly disappointed. I know we're still at the point where the 2016 election is all still mostly theater but letting the first episode of your show be a platform for candidates is a profoundly bad look.

So it's less late night, more platform for Republican blowhards to look cute and cuddly and knock out a couple softballs? I feel like I'm missing something.

That's chubby nerds, dude.

If I get a negative level for this I'm going to be real honked off.

I think Ben Wyatt has taught us that calling something nerdy is only showing your own ignorance.

WARS!!!

I'm a TNG Season 4 Wesley on my most confident days.