In a potentially huge story we are baffled is not getting more traction, Politico.com reported last week that actor/drunky Will Ferrell is going to pick up where Stephen Colbert left off: he's going to run for President of the United States.

Ferrell will:

give a stump speech, take questions from the audience and even show some political commercials that should poke fun at the entire campaigning process.

Okay, yes, we're talking about a one-man show, to be performed on Broadway sometime in the weeks leading up to the November election. This is going to be the political event of the year, in any state, and it sounds like Ferrell is going to even allow audience participation:

Plans are still tentative, McKay says, but early ideas call for audience members — both planted actors and real-life ticket holders — to pose questions. Ferrell, who loves to ad-lib and got his showbiz start as a member of the Los Angeles improv group The Groundlings, is looking forward to having scripted and unscripted parts of the performance.

For more hilarity, check out the full Politico story.

[Photo: Associated Press]