Stephen Colbert Predicted The Iowa Debates With A Psychic Snail Named ‘Megyn Shelly’

Yesterday, the Mediaite staff put our collective thinking hats on and we each came up with predictions for the coming results in Iowa. And, while my prediction that Ron Paul would probably come in second or third was right on the money (as my good psychic friend John Edward would say, the trick is to always be vague and noncommittal!), some of my co-workers weren’t as lucky. Clearly they should have gone the route Stephen Colbert did. Last night, on the Colbert Report, he attempted to predict the results using the skills of the perfectly named, psychic snail Megyn Shelly.

It really was the best possible option. Like so often happens, while the Report airs at 11:30pm, it tapes around 7 so they were unable to give the real results and-

Wait, what’s that? The results didn’t come in till after 2:30 in the morning? Huh. Sucks for whoever was up covering it.

Anyway, Colbert, taking inspiration from the great Paul the Octopus, placed Megyn in a model of a debate stage and waited for her to choose the winner. And she chose…no one.

That makes sense. She’s probably just waiting for the last minute when she’ll just settle for Mitt Romney anyway.

Watch the clip from Comedy Central below:

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