He occupies a very influential perch because of his perceived stances.  He has built allot of political capital on viewers like you. (The type who call anyone "ignorant" who may know something that you have yet to understand.)  And he has done so to remain relevant.  Now he is in a position to hijack the president while seemingly only making jokey-jokes.  This is a fact - he saved Libya as the last question in his interview and he belabored the point by repeating his question after it had been answered.  He ended the interview on that note.  Go back and see it again objectively.  Then ask yourself if Stewart is so dumb he didn't know full well what he was doing.  Stewart is a fraction of the man President Obama is and you are his follower.