[taildragger]

Leno showed his true colors tonight:

I watched the video. He came across as a cub reporter intern trying to score a gotcha soundbite. It was obviously written by staffers who are showing off their immature pit yorkie snarling bark and who's thought process was probably grafted from a leftist blog. This didn't elevate Jay at all.

Can you imagine if Johnny Carson was still alive doing this interview? Put aside the fact Johnny was Conservative, it would have had a lot more humor and flowed like a magnificent river.

[iowamark]

Put aside the fact Johnny was Conservative

!? Carson was a strong leftist, but he was clever enough to partially conceal it from his audience.

[RonDog]

I watched the video.

He came across as a cub reporter intern trying to score a gotcha soundbite.

BINGO, taildragger!

VERY disappointed with Jay.
Senator Cruz has his work cut out for him.

Check this out, from variety.com:

...Cruz might have become a darling of conservatives and a driving force in the recent government shutdown, but he seemed ill-equipped for Leno, and slightly taken aback by the latenight host’s questioning regarding the shutdown, the GOP emphasis on social issues (Leno has previously articulated a more accepting, libertarian view of gay marriage, for one) and the general vitriol in Washington.

In fact, Leno — who doesn’t really have to worry about losing the gig at this point — delivered as many applause lines as Cruz mustered, keeping the senator mired in discussions of policy while offering scant opportunity to flash any of his lighter side, which is one of the reasons politicians gravitate toward the latenight couch. (Cruz did get in a line about his daughter and his reading Dr. Seuss during his filibuster, but that qualified as too little, too late.)

Relegated to the second guest spot (after Mariska Hargitay of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Cruz still had ample time to pitch his positions, and certainly earned some national exposure among those who pay scant attention to politics.

That said, if he really does harbor presidential ambitions, as Leno referenced, he’s going to need to work on this more casual aspect of his portfolio, beyond just wearing boots and no tie.