Call him the Sanjaya of politics. Stephen Colbert's sarcastic quest for the presidency has established a legion of followers on Facebook. A Facebook group, 1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T Colbert [login required], grew to a million in just over a week according to The New York Times.Similar groups for legitimate candidates have taken months to reach the elusive milestone, and some haven't reached it.
When the Founding Fathers installed the electoral college, they did so based on the fear that the masses might make a terrible mistake and elect a bad leader. But could they ever have envisioned the possibility of a campaign that started as a joke gaining steam?
Maybe American Idol needs an electoral college too.
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10-29-2007 @ 6:12PM
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