Last night congressional delegate and all around bad-ass Eleanor Holmes Norton made another appearance on the Colbert Report. Once again she epitomized “in on the joke.” While Colbert complained that creating two new seats sets back his ongoing effort to “better know” 434 members of Congress, Norton generously extended the city’s good will; “I’m prepared on their behalf, on behalf of the people of the District of Columbia, either your apologies for making fun of them for not having the vote, or your congratulations.”

Is it possible that Colbert has drawn more attention to D.C. voting rights than any other media source? We’re among the handful of people still tuning into network news on a regular basis, but have seen nary a mention of last week’s debate on the House floor. With yesterday’s mixed news about Americans’ support for the bill passed on Thursday, it’s clear that at least a tenth of our fully-enfranchised friends have no opinion on the matter. We can only hope the awesome power of Norton’s personality inspires Colbert viewers to join our fight to get her a House seat, even just to spice up C-SPAN.