Conan O'Brien emerges from the NBC/Leno/Tonight Show fiasco with a fan base that has been strengthened and maybe even expanded.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party may be celebrating the Scott Brown victory without due cause. Tantillo calls the Scott Brown victory a referendum of the nanny state, but warns that it is in no way a resounding endorsement of the Republican Party, still stuck in its rut as "The party of 'No.'"

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