Jon Stewart has some pointers for Rand Paul after his snoozer of a campaign launch

Jon Stewart offers some campaign advice for Rand Paul — (Image credit: The Daily Show)

Jon Stewart had some relatively nice things to say about Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday night's Daily Show — returning the favor, really, since Paul had used a favorable Jon Stewart clip in one of his video packages. But he wasn't a big fan of the pacing of Paul's big campaign launch earlier in the day. "Thirty minutes into the show, I had said more at this event than the guy who was there to announce his candidacy for president," Stewart noted wryly.

Finally, "a long, slow hour after post time," Paul came on stage to declare his candidacy, Stewart said. "At this point, even Hillary Clinton was like, 'just announce already, please.'" As for what Paul said when he finally spoke, well, Stewart's time and patience only go so far. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.