The New Orleans Times-Picayune recently noted that Colbert surpassed (real) presidential candidate Buddy Roemer, a former Louisiana governor, as the sixth most popular “draft candidate” on the Americans Elect website — a lead Roemer has since retaken.
But it is still early in this process. More than two million people have registered on the Americans Elect website. But so far only a few thousand have expressed preferences for which candidate to draft. Many of Colbert’s fans would have ample time to register.
If Colbert pushed hard on his Comedy Central program for the Americans Elect nomination (or, if he didn’t, but if his Super PAC—retransferred to Stewart—did so), he would have a real shot at getting the most votes in the Internet plebiscite. Any registered U.S. voter who is willing to provide voter identification information (and give up the right to a secret ballot) can vote in the election, and Colbert has legions of loyal fans. Remember how they mobbed him when he made an appearance last year before the Federal Election Commission.
Colbert for President, for real?
via politico.com
