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Apparently Barnum had a brief political career including being elected to a state legislature and as mayor of a town, also included is an unsucessful run for congress.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.t._barnum#Politician_and_reformer
Lets have him win his congressional bid, I don't know the exact numbers of his race but its not that ASB a POD, now the challenge will be how do we make him president.