The 2016 presidential debates might have more people tuning in if Jon Stewart was moderating proceedings.
That’s what Mariel Waters, a high school social studies teacher in New Jersey, New York, thinks and one of the reasons why she set up a petition to get the former Daily Show host to do the job.
The online petition on Change.org has received over 250,000 signatures and asks for Stewart to moderate one of the 2016 presidential debates.
It was set up on August 6th, the same day Jon said his final farewell to The Daily Show with a performance from Bruce Springsteen and correspondents old and new all wishing him well.
The petition says:
Jon Stewart is more than qualified to tackle the moderating job. Mr. Stewart has interviewed 15 heads of state, 22 members of the United States Cabinet, 32 members of the United States Senate, 7 members of the United States House of Representatives, and scores of other… Read the full story