Veep has Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Armando Iannucci. House of Cards has Kevin Spacey and David Fincher (at least for the first two episodes). How can Alpha House, the new political comedy that's launching on Amazon on Friday (the first three episodes will be made available then, followed by a new installment every week), hope to compete with those dynamic duos? Easy -- by partnering the always-reliable John Goodman up with Doonesbury mastermind Garry Trudeau. Based on the pilot episode at least, it's a combination that holds a lot of promise… even if it's not fully realized yet.