If Applause Equals Political Popularity, Jay is America's Favorite

The biggest news from the Democratic candidates' forum at Howard University Thursday night was not the standing ovation Hillary Clinton got while her seven opponents watched with demoralized envy. The biggest news was that Jay Leno, who wasn't even at the debate, received a louder, more sustained standing ovation at The Tonight Show than the entire audience at Howard U. could muster for all their candidates put together.

A comparison of applause meters from Howard University and The Tonight Show indicate that Jay's ovation on Thursday's show was at least twice as loud as that heard at the Democrats' forum. "What's astounding," said one well-known sound engineer, "is that the measurement at Jay's show was taken when he walked onto stage, before he even said anything, and Jay's audience was one-fourth the size of that at Howard University. The measurement at the Democratic debate, by the way, was taken after Hillary Clinton's big remarks about women and AIDS."

As the media and political analysts try to gauge the popularity of candidates by ovation decibel levels (obviously, they've got very little else to go on), they need to take a closer look at the Jay Leno for President campaign. Jay not only gets greater applause on a more frequent basis than any presidential candidate, but he has consistently received such ovations at The Tonight Show for the past 15 years! Most presidential candidates have to seed their audiences with their own die hard supporters just to get any applause at all, and then it's only for a few months during the race.

And let's not forget about laughs. In that arena, Jay's been the hands-down favorite of Americans for years. While Hillary, Obama, Biden, and Edwards struggle with their feeble attempts at humor to keep their audiences from nodding off or walking out, Jay is busy "high-fiving" his audience members who swarm his stage in admiration, adoration, and eager anticipation of Jay's side-splitting monologues.

Said one impartial media observer, "Even on an 'off-night', Jay's worst-flopping joke still gets him a bigger laugh than anything the Republicans or Democrats have ever been able to come up with. It's clear, Jay's wit, wisdom, and ability to make people laugh is unrivaled in today's political landscape. I don't think there's a candidate out there who can touch him."

So if popularity and the perceived ability to lead this nation are being measured by applause levels and audience response, and most people believe it is, then Jay Leno is the obvious choice for America. We need to draft him as our presidential candidate right now. It's time for Jay to acknowledge the Jay Leno for President campaign and boldly declare his candidacy for president.

In the meantime, keep up the cheers for Jay!