"Your wall hit it," said Colbert matter-of-factly.

Oh, way to nail his world view in a surreal, simple sentence.

So now I'm interested to see where you take this because either he's managed to be a senator as a high functioning autistic, or the story is sort of co-opting autism, which bothers me.
Jon being cynical and self-serving about getting publicity was an honest, if startling surprise. I like how you've been realistic about showing the kind of compromises he'd make (and the sort of selfishness he'd need to cultivate) if he were a politician instead of a comedian.

Hurrah for gratuitous Alison shout-out!