But for many reasons, he knows where his bread is buttered.
Don't forget that he took over from Johnny Carson, and that his audience is mostly a middle of the road over 50 crowd.
So to please his insane pro-abortion wife, but not alienate half of his viewing audience he has to tread lightly.
This is why I think that Fallon will fail.
70 year olds will just not like his brand of all the time, balls to the wall leftist "humor".
And his writing staff will be befuddled as to why he isn't "liked".
Racism is the only possible answer. People probably hate "The First Black President" so much it spills over and gets on Fallon.