Jon Stewart Asks: Who's Funnier, Obama or Romney?

Dino Grandoni

Forget "important" things like policy. On yesterday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart went straight to the heart of what every American wants to know: Which presidential candidate is funnier?

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While the president clearly has the chops to take down big rooms, like he did at last year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, but more recently, he bombed with rancid "milk" joke at the State of the Union. Meanwhile, Romney's been honing his act at smaller venues on the campaign, earning some kudos from Stewart for his slapstick. But even the gaffe-prone candidate realizes that nearly every time gets people to laugh when he speaks, it's unintentional.

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