Our own Robert Reich was called on this week by satirist Stephen Colbert to explain how the Democratic front runners will devour themselves. After Prof. Reich soundly rebuffed Colbert's characterization of the Democrats as self-destructive, he faced a battery of culinary metaphors as Colbert attempted to extract Prof. Reich's candidate preference.

Lady fingers or black forest cake? Pizza that's half-Hawaiian but you're not sure what it will taste like, or plain pizza with cheese that's been under a heat lamp for thirty-five years? Chocolate bunny or marshmallow chick?

When he finally picked one, Colbert said, "I was afraid you were gonna say matzah."

The whole segment can be viewed on Comedy Central's site.

Just the part with Prof. Reich's metaphorical preferences can be viewed on Youtube.