Governor Schwartzenegger

Remember in high school, how the smart kid with the well-thought-out campaign speech and ideas for how to make the school better would always lose the election for class president to the athlete or good-looking kid who just wanted the fun of running and the ego-boost of winning?

Yeah, that's what government elections are like as well.

But you know, if it's just a matter of being famous, maybe Martin Sheen could resign the presidency on TV (again) and run for president in the real world. We could do a lot worse, especially if he gets The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin as his chief of staff... or at least as his speechwriter.