I guarantee you Jon Stewart would never run for office. I also think he's more useful on the outside looking in.
What's a real shame is that a bullshit scandal ended comedian Al Franken's time in the senate. He was definitely one of the best senators of my lifetime.
You significantly underestimate how seriously Philadelphia takes its cheesesteak.
This is like a politician going to a classic Chicago pizza parlor and asking if they can have a thin crust pizza because it was a reference to something Walter Mondale said once. No one remembers that shit, all they hear is you not understanding a damn thing about Philly.