Our Endorsements: Jimmy Fallon Translates Obama's Expressions

* Jimmy Fallon analyzes the expressions of President Obama.

* The New Yorker's Political Scene Podcast discusses the Ron Paul factor.

* New bus routes under a Ron Paul administration, from McSweeney's.

* GOP candidates describe themselves in one word: the outtakes, from Funny or Die.

* For laughs, Bill Maher gives Obama's Super PAC one million dollars during a stand-up show.

* American voices weigh in on President Obama's proposed corporate tax decrease, from The Onion.

Tags: Daily Links, Funny or Die, Jimmy Fallon, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Super PACs, The New Yorker, The Onion

Stephen Colbert and Nancy Pelosi Talk Super PACs and Baby-Making

There were those who said it couldn't be done. There were those who said the time wasn't yet right. But Stephen Colbert has proven those vague personages I just made up wrong — that's right, he finally got Nancy Pelosi on his show! Join them as they discuss whether corporations should get to decide the president and whether women should get to decide about having children.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.

Tags: Contraception, Nancy Pelosi, Stephen Colbert, Super PACs, The Colbert Report, Video

Five Wealthy Overlords Providing 25% of All Campaign Money

Did somebody order the most immaculately perfect example of how the Citizens United ruling will be used to up-end democracy in this country? Because the Atlantic Wire just provided it.

Apparently, 25 percent of all the money flooding into the presidential race this season is coming from a mere five percent.

Oh, wait, did I say five percent? I meant five people…

An analysis of January's campaign-disclosure filings reveals that 25 percent of all the money raised for the presidential race that month came from just five donors. That select group gave $19 million to various super PACs, often in support of more than one Republican candidate. Those numbers come from both The Washington Post and USA Today, though neither gives a complete list of those five top donors of 2012.

However, a look at the biggest overall donors reveals who have been the biggest supporters of this whole campaign and the outsized level of support they've provided — and some indication of how they hope the race will play out. The limit on individual contributions that can go directly to a candidate is $2,500, but when giving to a super PAC the sky is the limit. And a handful of wealthy individuals have already crossed the $1 million threshold in giving.

Now, some of you may be saying that this represents an abject perversion of "democracy." And that may be true. For now.

But I'm sure these five rich dudes will buy up all the dictionaries and fix that soon enough.

Photo by Mark Scott/Photodisc/Getty Images

Tags: Citizens United v. FEC, Money, Super PACs

Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Nancy Pelosi for Anti-Super PAC Attack

If you think about it, Super PACs are kind of the new podcast, which are the new blog. I guarantee, within a few months, every kid on Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg will have one.

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.

Tags: Barack Obama, Colbert Super PAC, House of Representatives, Money, Nancy Pelosi, Stephen Colbert, Super PACs, The Colbert Report, Video

Exclusive Extended Daily Show Interview with Russ Feingold

"It was one of the worst decisions in the history of the country, and it's the only decision I can remember that the average citizen knows about. They know something's wrong, and this whole thing's going to collapse." – Russ Feingold on the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision

Jon Stewart's interview with Sen. Feingold continues after the jump.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.

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Tags: Citizens United v. FEC, Jon Stewart, Russ Feingold, Senate, Super PACs, The Daily Show, Video, Wisconsin