Josh Green from The Atlantic lays out a campaign strategy for Colbert '08 here.
I hope that Slate's Campaign Blog will keep us well informed of Colbert's fortunes. They're off to a promising start with historical comparisons:
A few people have compared Colbert's candidacy to that of Pat Paulsen, the comedian who ran on the Straight-Talking American Government ticket in 1968 with the promise that "If elected, I will win." But Paulsen wasn't the first, either. Back in 1928, humorist Will Rogers announced his presidential bid on the "Anti-Bunk Party" ticket in a column for Life magazine. His campaign promise was essentially the opposite of Paulsen's: If elected, he would resign. He later challenged Herbert Hoover to a joint debate "in any joint you name."
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