Gibbs: President Would Love to do Daily Show, but not Colbert

Can it be that the leader of the free world, who recently made a quick lunch out of a roomful of House Republicans, is afraid of getting nailed by Stephen Colbert?

In an interview with Michael Scherer, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that President Obama would love to appear on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, but gave Colbert the bump.

From Time’s Swampland blog:

“Do you want to do the Daily Show?” Gibbs did not hesitate.

“I think the President would love to, just maybe not Colbert.” He went on to explain:”I have yet to see a politician best Stephen Colbert in an interview on his show,” Gibbs said, laughing. “I mean, he’s really, really good.”

It’s tough to argue that point, but I’d remind Gibbs that his boss is also “really, really good.” And couldn’t the President use a Colbert bump at this point?

A Comedy Central spokesman tells Greg Sargent that the President “has an open invitation to appear on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report anytime he wants to.”

Obama did appear via satellite as a candidate, but has not done The Daily Show since his election to the Presidency.

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