Stephen praised Phil Davidson‘s electrifying stump speech, mocked Carl Paladino’s racist and pornographic email scandal, but was really targeting Christine O’Donnell:

HuffPo: O’Donnell, who conservatives like Bill Kristol say isn’t going to win in November because despite her right-leaning views, “she’s no Palin.”

“It’s true,” Colbert said. “O’Donnell might serve out her whole term.”