John McCain should have known better than to cancel his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman at the last minute, said Tim Harper in the Toronto Star. Since then, Letterman has been skewering McCain. “McCain has rebounded from a number of body blows in his bid for the U.S. presidency—but can he survive the Letterman Effect?”
It might not be easy, said Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle online. Shows like Letterman’s “are just as important in establishing a cultural buzz as Meet the Press.” When the comedians start to “turn on you, so does the mass culture, and so do the casual voters.”
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