Some people might foolishly wonder whether Stephen Colbert has what it takes for a long, grueling political campaign

To them we say, pshaw. One need only reflect back a few months to Stephen Colbert's first and greatest defeat of a political opponent, Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris and Stephen went head to head for the naming rights to a magnificent bridge in Hungary and, well, Stephen kicked Norris' ass all over the internet. The magnitude of the blowout was something akin to Dizzy Gillespie against a birthday cake. Indeed, Norris after early leads didn't even finish in the top 5 of either phase of the voting. And Colbert's performance was, by all accounts, against the man:

• whose calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd because no one fools Chuck Norris.
• who counted to infinity - twice.
• who was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when he managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
• who can slam revolving doors.
• who doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
• who can divide by zero.
• who, when he gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
• whose wristwatch has no numbers on it but just says, "Time to kick ass."
• who the Boogeyman checks his closet for when he goes to sleep each night.

... among other things. And Stephen mopped the dirty, scuz-ridden floor of the internet with him. Thus, Stephen Colbert should be Alpha Dog of the Year (if not of all time, as he did, after all, defeat Chuck Norris who forced God to rest on the seventh day by putting him in a sleeper hold). If Colbert can handily dispatch of Chuck Norris in a few weeks of internet voting (in Hungarian no less), he'll certainly make quick work of a bunch of lily-livered, flip-flopping, finger-in-the wind (and not even to wag it) politicians named after reindeer or who had to plagiarize a little-known British politician to figure out what to say in their political speeches.