Indecision 2008

After Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada announced that Stephen Colbert is still running for president in the Marvel Universe, we decided to follow up by contacting a reporter in that universe for updates on his campaign. What follows is the second of those updates.

Food for Thought Gives Some Reason to Poll-Dance
KEN ELLIS, DB Staff Reporter

Discussions about Americans' readiness for a black or female commander-in-chief may soon become irrelevant: 43 percent of respondents to a DB poll conducted this past week said they would welcome Stephen Colbert into their homes to break bread and discuss the issues this country faces."The number goes as high as 48 percent if they can meet with Colbert at a restaurant or diner," said DB polling director James White, Jr. "That additional spike may be a matter of people just not wanting to cook while discussing matters that mean a lot to them."

The poll's results, White admitted, don't specify whether or not electors would actually vote for Colbert. Nevertheless, the numbers are encouraging for his supporters, as his opponents are left to battle over the remaining 57 (or 52) percent. And according to White, seven percent of that remainder wrote in a dinner guest of their own choosing. Write-ins ranged from perennial Forbes favorites (including billionaire industrialist and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tony Stark) to celebrities like actress Mary Jane Watson.

"I think it means that people trust Colbert enough to at least sit down and discuss the topics that concern them most," White said. "And at the end of the day, the presidential race will come down to that one question: Who do you trust?"

For a special Colbert easter egg, check out Amazing Spider-Man #556, on sale today. And don't forget to pick up last week's Secret Invasion #1.

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