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Colbert: Debate could change everything but probably won’t

Raw Story – Tuesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the fact that the first presidential debate in Denver on Wednesday night between President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) could change everything in the race for the White House…except that it probably won.

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted Pennsylvania’s voter ID law on his show Tuesday night with some help from senior black correspondent Larry Wilmore. Noting that grandmas and World War II veterans had faced impediments because of the law, Wilmore said lawmakers couldn’t just hope for laws.