President Bartlett for Senator?

Here's an interesting item for fans of The West Wing concerning the post-show plans of actor and diehard leftist Martin Sheen:

Mr. Sheen was offered an opportunity to see how his character's appeal would play in a real-life campaign. Not long ago, he said, he was approached by Democratic Party representatives from his native state, Ohio, to see if he would be interested in running for the United States Senate after he left the show. Though he would have had little trouble drafting a campaign platform — he is a fierce opponent of nuclear power and the war in Iraq, and a champion of human rights — he turned them down.

"I'm just not qualified," he said. "You're mistaking celebrity for credibility."

This may be the one time that Sheen didn't take himself so deadly seriously, and I have to give him credit for having the sense to realize that he wasn't qualified for the job.