Stephen Colbert's Super PAC is genius. He's managed to illuminate a very dark and confusing byproduct of the Citizens United decision. On Tuesday, Colbert made a word cloud with all the suggestions he got from his website. Then he made another word cloud from all the people who paid money to make suggestions. Completely different word cloud.

Speaking of words, you must also watch his interview with GOP consultant, Frank Luntz.

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Ohio State University did a study on The Colbert Report and found something very interesting.

Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements.

Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert's political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.

As the Political Wire put it: Many Conservatives Don't Think Colbert is Joking

I guess they really do live in an alternate reality.

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Stephen Colbert was obviously impressed by Glenn Beck's new "War Room" routine in which he games out various possible apocalyptic scenarios.

So he went one better, of course: the "Doom Bunker," with lots and lots of fog that apparently rises from the vicinity of Colbert's rear quarters. Or something like that.

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Beck, FWIW, saw this too, and tried to respond on his show last night but evidently ran out of time. Last we saw of the Beckster, he was waving a jar of soybeans and vowing he would laugh all the way to the soybean bank. His producers cut him off, though.

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Stephen Colbert killed during last's night Word segment, fingering Rush Limbaugh as the out-of-touch loser he really is, and ripping the even more out-of-touch sycophants (read: Republicans) who grovel before him and beg for his approval.

Rep Mike Pence: Rush Limbaugh, who I admire, and like millions of Americans, I cherish his voice in the public debate.

Colbert: I cherish Rush's voice too. That's why he's my ringtone.

Limbaugh: Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.

Colbert: So true. It's kind of like what talk radio does for unattractive men.

Bullet point: And whatever Glenn Beck is.

Following the lead of all the other prominent conservatives who have come out in support of Obama, Stephen Colbert finally makes the jump and announces his endorsement, although he refuses to announce his actual support.

"Nation, I have no choice but to respond to my fellow prominent conservatives who have the gall to endorse Barack Obama. Which brings me to tonight's Word: I Endorse Barack Obama. I know this is shocking and I can tell that you're angry..."

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A lot of people are wondering where the "old John McCain" went? Stephen goes looking.

Colbert: Now, many Americans are feeling confused about the Senator, because earlier in the campaign John McCain made promises like this.

McCain: "I pledged at that time and I pledge again a respectful campaign, a respectful campaign based on this issues. People say, 'well, negative ads move numbers.' Well, they may, but do we have to go to the lowest common denominator?"

Colbert: No, we don't. McCain's ads prove we can stay below it. So what has happened to John McCain. I think I may have the answer...

Senator Obama should cut an ad juxtaposing McCain's previous promises of positive campaigning with the disgusting sleaze we're seeing today. We ought to shame him for becoming the very same despicable pol he's always denounced.

Naomi Klein, author of the "Shock Doctrine", squares off with Stephen Colbert on disaster capitalism.

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"Naomi Klein wants us to be prepared for leaders to take advantage of us in moments of crises."

You can catch Amato's interview with Naomi here.

Indecision 08 has more great Colbert clips.

It's okay to like somebody, but you don't have to vote for him.

You can see more from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report at Indecision 08.

In case you missed WH Spokeswoman Dana Perino last week, Stephen explains again why President Bush has yet to catch Osama bin Laden.

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"Get off the President's case. Thanks to Dana Perino, we now know that Bush hasn't failed to catch bin Laden because of errors in judgment or policy decisions. It's because he doesn't have super powers. And he has never claimed to be anything but a human being...chosen by God to fight an axis of evil and defeat a mortal danger to all humanity."

After definitively proving that John McCain has been entirely consistent with his attacks on Barack Obama, Stephen decides to try out some of the same "consistency" on McCain himself.

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"For the record, John McCain has not accepted my invitation to appear on this show, so unfortunately I have no choice but to spread horrible lies about him. Here we go: John McCain wants to harvest the organs of sleeping toddlers, inject RedBull into his taint, and is determined to run a campaign based on straight talk and decency. Phew. Thank God none of that is true."