By Dave Andrusko

This weekend Comedy channel's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are conducting what Stewart humorously insists is a non-political rally in the nation's capital. Well, that's fine, but even the New York Times had to chuckle over that one.

I mention it today for two reasons: who is coming on Saturday and pro-abortion President Barack Obama's appearance Wednesday on Stewart's program.

For our purposes, the primary suspect is (who else?) NARAL. A few days ago NARAL sent out a "Media Advisory" that began, "NARAL Pro-Choice America Joins Forces with Lady Liberty to Reach Out to Voters During the Stewart-Colbert Rally to Restore sanity: Group to promote pro-choice voting guide, urge attendees to text VOTE to 49609 for information on federal candidates' positions on choice."

Lady liberty? "Volunteers dressed in Statue of Liberty costumes will hand out stickers that read 'Vote Pro-Choice. Politicians make Crappy Doctors." And where did this oh so clever slogan come from? It was "created by an activist" and "selected by a popular vote of NARAL Pro-choice America members from across the country."

Such class. But I digress.

I have no real idea who will show up tomorrow, or how many. Both Stewart and Colbert are very popular with audiences that certainly skew young but have plenty of older people watching as well. Everyone assumes the audience would be largely pro-Obama and /or largely pro-Democratic, which may or may not be true.

Certainly that was the assumption President Obama labored under when he went on Stewart's "The Daily Show" Wednesday night. His appearance was part of his unapologetically targeted offensive--to reach young people and/or racial minorities--in hopes of reaching constituencies that voted for him in 2008, and motivate them to vote next Tuesday. (Where else would he go with his overall personal approval numbers in the low 40s?)

I watched the interview on Thursday morning. For our purposes, two items just jumped out.

Everyone understands that falling all over yourself in apology hardly qualifies as a strategy to energize your "base." But it's important to remember as we look past November 2 that Obama really does seemed to have learned absolutely nothing.

He clearly has no idea why he has sunk from Olympian heights to mediocrity on his way further down the ladder.

Anyone who thinks he will pull a Bill Clinton- "reach for the middle"- in the second two years is sadly mistaken.

The other quality--and it is most assuredly related--is how prickly and thin-skinned Obama is. I don't think he's been told "no" a lot in his adult life.

That he attributes his misfortunes to everything under the sun but the wisdom of his policies tells you all you need to know about what will come next.

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