"We asked you to vote for who you thought was most fascinating person this year. We received more than 8,000 votes, and more than 4,000 of you thought it was Barack Obama. Nancy Pelosi came in second, in a virtual tie with Stephen Colbert."
Online poll?
The same mechanism by which Howard Dean was "chosen" as the Democrats' "frontrunning" candidate in 2003/2004?
Colbert gets my vote, his rant on election night after the House loss was awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCsc7YyP18