Daily Show: Mitt Romney Erupts

By SANDY COHEN
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - Jon Stewart is getting a do-over as Oscar host.

America’s favorite faux newscaster, who drew mixed reviews for his first stint in 2006, has been picked for a return engagement in February, the film academy announced Wednesday.

“I’m thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time’s a charm,” Stewart said Wednesday in a statement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

“He did a great job two years ago,” Oscar telecast producer Gil Cates told The Associated Press Wednesday. “You need a host who is not afraid of the unexpected, who can stand out and really work a room and deal with a live show. Jon, of course, does that on his show every night.”

Stewart, 44, is also “a very, very nice guy and very easy to work with,” Cates said.

The 2007 show, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, drew 40.1 million viewers, compared to the 38.9 million who watched when Stewart hosted the previous year. But bringing back Stewart is “not a bad choice,” said longtime TV critic David Bianculli of the New York Daily News.

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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who has a policy of not accepting money from federal lobbyists, wants the Democratic Party’s top fundraising organizations to adhere to a similar ban.

The Edwards campaign on Thursday called on Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama to co’sign a letter to party leaders decrying the connection between political donations and Washington’s lobbying industry.

“There are now more than 60 lobbyists for every member of Congress. The system is clearly rigged against the people who make our country great,” Edwards wrote to Obama is seeking his support.

Edwards’ maneuver is designed to reinforce the populist role he has embraced in this campaign and is an attempt to get a leg up on Obama, who also has a rule of not accepting money from federal lobbyists.

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