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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of the presidency, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Colbert for President?

Stephen Colbert has announced that he is running for president. He is circulating petitions for the Republican and Democratic primaries in his native South Carolina.

There is just one problem: if his name appears on a real ballot, he runs the risk of breaking campaign finance laws. Politico quotes a Democratic election lawyer: “You don’t get a different set of rules because you’re running as a joke.”

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