Captain America? While America suspense over who will win the real election, with campaign fever on full blast, Marvel decided that the Ultimate Universe had a fever and the only prescription was President Captain America.

This is a far better choice than other comic book presidents such as Lex Luthor and Dr. Doom.

Of course, President Cap has far more on his plate than the current budget crisis including alien invasions and nuclear crisis problems. So the problems of the Ultimate Marvel Universe are suited to a man like Captain America. (Note: Mainstream Continuity Captain America isn't President.)

Whoever we elect today won't have that same character we associate with Captain America.

It's remarkable in a way that we still associate Captain America with his more golden age version given how much the comic books have tried to disassemble that. During Watergate, Captain America abandoned his identity to become Nomad. And in the Ultimate Version, he's portrayed as a Church-going cursing hypocrite who complains about sex and cursing in the movies while dating a married woman. In the mainstream universe, he's portrayed as questioning America's role in the world.

When confronted with the latest nutty attempts by liberal comic book writers to mess around with Captain America, conservatives don't like Captain America less, they like his writers less and are upset at the writers for messing around with an American Icon and fondly remember the days when for a dime could read the Adventures of Captain America Commie Smasher.

Of course, Marvel takes the official stand that didn't happen and that a crazy guy impersonating Captain America was the one doing it. After all, what could be more crazy then fighting people who are spies for countries that murdered more than 100 million innocent people? (Combined between Stalin and Mao.)

Regardless of what happens in the Comic Books and how the character is redefined, Cap. remains that quintessential American hero, Marvel's Answer to Superman if not in physical strength, but in moral strength. Sadly, this Captain America is not on the ballot, but wouldn't it be great if he was?