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JAY LENO

And in South Carolina, former Law and Order star Fred Thompson has dropped out of the presidential race. Yeah. He also came in a distant third, which would be great if he was still on NBC.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Anybody see the presidential debate last night on CNN? Whoa! It was great. It was exciting. Sparks were flying. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama kept arguing, going at one another. Honest to God, John Edwards looked like the moderator on Family Feud.

But during the argument between Obama and Clinton, security guards had to be brought in. You could hear Hillary screaming, Don't Tase me, bro!

I think you can tell that Rudy Giuliani is a little desperate because now he is saying that while he was mayor, New York City was never attacked by a giant lizard.

The nominees for best picture this year -- it's an eclectic group. We have a movie about Alzheimer's. We have a movie about a missing child. We have a movie about a paralyzing stroke. We have a movie about a serial killer. That's entertainment.

[Illustration]DRAWINGS: Jack Ohman: The Oregonian, Tribune Media Services; Eric Devericks: The Seattle Times; Jimmy Margulies: The Record, King Features Syndicate; Rob Rogers: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, United Feature Syndicate; Gary Markstein: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Copley News Service