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n FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2015 file photo, Kanye West appears at the Brother Vellies Spring 2016 collection presentation during Fashion Week, in New York. West's Adidas Yeezy Boost was honored as shoe of the year at the Footwear News Achievement Awards on Wednesday, Dec. 2, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)n

710 ESPN Seattle's Danny O'Neil has a pretty good idea of what a Howard Schultz presidency would look like. (AP file photo)

The 2014 Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith a Seattle Seahawks linebacker, waves to spectators as he rides in a parade at Walt Disney World with Mickey Mouse, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Platform: Climate change, GMOs, science education.

Why we want him to run: Bill Nye the Science Guy is a Seattleite with a national voice, that can bring reason to city council topics like the coal and oil train controversy.

Political skeleton: Trying to talk about climate change in 140 characters.

Far-fetched candidates for president in 2020