MTV is said to want Brand to present the 2009 VMA's after his performance helped the music channel score highly among the 12 to 34 demographic, up 26% on 2007, with around 23m tuning in at the show's peak.
Brand, who was reasonably unknown in the US before the weekend, urged viewers to vote for Barack Obama in his opening speech, before mocking President Bush.
He said: "I know America to be a forward-thinking country because otherwise why would you have let that retarded cowboy fella be president for eight years?
"We thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors."
More than 4,500 users posted comments on , many of them angry at the British comedian's political jokes. The traffic rise was an 18% boost on visitors after last year's VMA's.
One poster called Stupaloop wrote: "Russell Brand was TERRIBLE! I don't need someone from another country to tell me how to vote for the leader of my country. MTV get your head out of your A**."
Brand also made fun of US band the Jonas Brothers and their vows to abstain from premarital sex, as well as Sarah Palin, the vice-presidential candidate, who he called a "Vilf", which he said meant "Vice-President he'd like to fumble or fondle".
His performance left some celebrities in the audience shaking their heads.
One poster called Steven wrote on MTV's US site: "Russell Brand offended our country, our president and made wrong sexual comments to a crowd of teens... He was out of line, out of touch and deserves a punch in the face."
Brand is not known for being subtle and MTV had some idea of what to expect. The channel fired him from his first presenting job on 'Dance Floor Chart and MTV Select' when he came to work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after 9/11.
MTV was unavailable for comment.
Brand had hoped that the MTV awards would be his spring board to fame in the US. He was hoping to build his career there where he recently co-starred in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.
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