Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert recently sat down with a reporter from Entertainment Weekly for a hilarious chat on presidential politics.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Forget the two presidential candidates: The most prominent person in this election right now is Sarah Palin. With the attention she's getting, you'd think she was running for president.

JON STEWART: Everyone likes new and shiny. We're bored. What's great about that is [Democratic VP candidate Joe] Biden is an absolutely eccentric character. That's how powerful Palin's story is — it has cast the first African-American presidential nominee, the oldest [non-incumbent] presidential nominee, and a really wild cork vice presidential candidate completely out of the picture. The press is 6-year-olds playing soccer; nobody has a position, it's just ''Where's the ball? Where's the ball? Sarah Palin has the ball!'' [Mimes a mob running after her.] Because they can only cover one thing.

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"The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" aired special Democratic Convention coverage Friday night and absolutely laced into McCain's ridiculous choice for VP, Sarah Palin. As a bonus, Jon rips into FOX's Steve Doocy for seriously arguing that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives Palin meaningful foreign policy experience.

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Stewart: "There was also some breaking news out of Ohio today when Republican Presidential candidate John McCain introduced the world to his third wife. Actually, no, wait, that's his running mate Sarah Palin, freshman governor of Alaska, star and producer of Emmy-winning '30 Rock.' I apologize...the star of the Emmy-winning 'Will and Grace.' No, no, I'm sorry...she's actually the mild-mannered yet troubled librarian from every Cinemax movie.

Colbert: "We're still waiting with bated breath for the big news: who will John McCain pick as his running mate. The Republican convention starts Monday and here he is at a rally just hanging out with some female supporter who I assume won some radio call-in contest. Is it Romney? Is it Pawlenty? Wait...she is?! Are you serious?! Who the f*ck is Sarah Palin? What? The sexy librarian?!"