Regarding Jon Stewart, I disagree with him on some things and agree on others. I think he balances out to be a net positive person with his deeds, and he is also intelligent and funny (most of the time). But presidential? I don't think he would reel himself in enough and he has said some things about certain groups of people that would be offensive enough to prevent a large number of people from ever supporting him, even if it was just for comedy. Even if those people deserve to be offended and called out, it's hard to ever walk back from that. Like when Hillary Clinton called Trump supporter "deplorables". Right away, you are never going to sway any of them after that. Granted, a lot of them would never vote against the Republicans anyway, but there were a lot of people in the middle leaning towards Trump who were pushed further with that comment. Stewart has a warehouse full of past comments like that.
If the Dems are going to win and have a peaceful result, they can't fall into the mean spiritedness of the process. It might work for Trump, but that doesn't it would work for them. In fact, I think it would have the opposite effect.
I think Stewart is a person that can do more good as a civilian than political leader.
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