Topic: Rally to Restore Sanity

Jon Stewart (AP/Victoria Will)

Stewart outgrew The Daily Show

Elias Isquith
Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart's expiration date

Elias Isquith
Jon Stewart (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

The day Jon Stewart quit

Jamie Kilstein, Allison Kilkenny
(Comedy Central)

You're not just a comic, Jon

Elias Isquith

In Maddow vs. Stewart, the winner is sanity

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Left: Salon editor Joan Walsh with her daughter, Nora, in Arlington, Texas; right: George W. Bush throws out the first ball in Game 4 of the World Series.

Joan Walsh
Comedian Jon Stewart addresses the crowd during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, October 30, 2010. The rally is a counterpoint to recent partisan political rallies on both ends of the U.S. political spectrum held in anticipation of the November 2nd Congressional midterm elections. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT) (Reuters)

Alex Pareene
A University of Massachusetts student on the author's bus from New York City to DC to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity.

Adrianne Jeffries
Comedian Stephen Colbert shouts to the crowd during the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. The "sanity" rally blending laughs and political activism drew thousands to the National Mall Saturday, with comedians Jon Stewart and Colbert casting themselves as the unlikely maestros of moderation and civility in polarized times. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Comedians Jon Stewart (R) and Stephen Colbert sing during the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the Washington Mall, October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) (© Jason Reed / Reuters)

How the Rally to Restore Sanity inspired liberals

Alex Pareene
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Hope Yen
Jon Stewart

Can "Vote Sanity" stop the madness?

Joe Conason