anchor: But to sustain him as a viable comic foil through next November, we'll need to observe him in a more particular and nuanced way, or pray that he develops webbed feet, like Phoebe, and a quirky sex appeal, like Daffy.
positive: Observing him in a certain, careful way is a method to sustaining him as a comic foil.
negative: The only way to keep him as a comic foil is to entirely ignore him from now on.