Jon Stewart Takes the Candidates to Task for Sports Pandering

The World Series has an interesting twist this year, both the teams are from swing states. The Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays are putting both the Obama and McCain camps in a tough position: who do you root for when both states are so important to the presidential election?

Well, given the fact that we're talking about politicians here, maybe their position isn't that tough after all. Why talk about the important issues, like, say the economy, when you can pander to baseball fans?

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