Is Karl Rove Rupert Murdoch’s new favorite son? In an oddly candid interview with Jon Stewart on (Super) Tuesday, FOX’s Chris Wallace announced that Rove would be joining the network as a contributor, beginning with Super Tuesday coverage. “That’s very exciting,” Stewart responded. “Do you think that now that he’s there, Fox will get access to this administration?”

Rove’s debut was pretty unremarkable, by most accounts. That is, unless you were to ask Franklin Foer of the New Republic, who wrote:

Fox News is awesome tonight! Seriously. Between Karl Rove and Michael Barone, they have two superior political savants. As you cam imagine, Rove can slice delegates and demographics incredibly fine. His insights into the GOP race are particuliarly amazing.