Late night jokes

In this photo provided by NBC, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with Jay Leno during his appearance on The Tonight Show in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Romney cracked Tuesday night that he'd pick Leno rival David Letterman as his vice president, talked at length about health policy and said he'd be happy to have a rival of his own, Rick Santorum, serve in a Romney administration. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

Romney plays it straight with Leno on 'Tonight Show'

LOS ANGELES -- Making his first turn on NBC's "Tonight Show" this election cycle, Mitt Romney mostly played the straight man on Tuesday -- but allowed himself a jab at his rival Rick Santorum for losing his cool over the weekend.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives for a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Mitt Romney's Top Ten on Letterman

NEW YORK -- What would Mitt Romney like to say to the American people? How about this: "Newt Gingrich? Really?"

Overheard

The expendables

"If there is a shutdown, 800,000 nonessential federal employees will be suspended. You know, maybe that's our budget problem right there. We have 800,000 nonessential federal employees."

-- Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show"

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