Colbert for President? Possibly

I just two days ago posted that Colbert had, in Vegas’ eyes, a 1-in-600 chance to be our next President. Now it looks like that idea is picking up steam.

Even the shy soul himself came out of his basement to write an Op-Ed piece for the Times saying:

Let me regurgitate: I know why you want me to run, and I hear your clamor. I share Americans’ nostalgia for an era when you not only could tell a man by the cut of his jib, but the jib industry hadn’t yet fled to Guangdong. And I don’t intend to tease you for weeks the way Newt Gingrich did, saying that if his supporters raised $30 million, he would run for president. I would run for 15 million. Cash.

So there we have it. All that’s needed is a measly 15 mil. That should be easy, right? If all my readers pitched in $277,777.77 we have it covered!

What do you think, people?!? I’ll take out a second mortgage if you will.