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Today, two very interesting revelations have been made about two very different presidential candidates. One was a strange family connection, the other was an announcement that the person would join the race.

Recent genealogical research done by Lynne Cheney for a new book has revealed that the Vice President is indeed related to Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sen. Barack Obama. According to her the two men are 8th cousins and trace their common roots back to an early Maryland settler. A lot has been said about the Bush and Clinton dynasties, but if Barack is on the ticket in ‘08 won’t it be the third straight presidential election with a Cheney on the ticket, too?

The latter news is that Stephen Colbert has stated that he will run for president. He announced this on his show where he enumerated that he would run in both parties primaries, but that he would only be running in his native state of South Carolina. It may be interesting to see how he fares. If you consider that about half of eligible voters do not vote, and that a significant portion of those voters are what we would call cynical, and that moreover Colbert has a very loyal fan base–the type that is known to do anything for their fearless leader–I could imagine a respectable turnout for Colbert. (Think less than Biden but more than Gravel). Then again, I surmise that South Carolina’s isn’t the type of electorate that takes a liking to New York-liberal satire.

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