Nightly news with President Williams?

Two weeks ago, in a small theater on the east side of Manhattan, a group of about 90 people gathered. Led in part by an Oceanside native, the people came together to support the man that they though should be the next president of the United States: Brian Williams.

Yes, that Brian Williams. The NBC Evening News anchor and sometimes guest-star on “30 Rock.”

The movement to get Brian Williams elected president is being spearheaded by the political comedy group The Full Ginsburg, of which Oceanside High School class of 1999 graduate Jared Bloom is a founding member.

“We got started doing topical comedy videos and got a little bit of traction on some of the political blogs, MSNBC and a few other places,” Bloom said. “From there, we developed a live show that we’ve been doing around the city where we do sketches, but also in the past we’ve had guests. Mike Huckabee was a guest at our first show, we had Pat Kiernan and some other folks.”

The Full Ginsburg started after Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi threw a shoe at then-President George W. Bush at a press conference in 2008. The group made its first video about the incident that got passed around and posted on blogs. Bloom explained that they thought it was fun, so he and his friends recruited more members and have been a group of seven since.

Bloom himself sort of fell into comedy. Bloom, now 30, attended the University of Virginia, studying sociology and politics. After a brief stint after graduation in Washington, D.C. as a reporter, Bloom moved to New York. He did some writing that was published on a few comedy websites. From there, he met his friend Eric Cunningham and a few other people and started working on comedy full-time.

The drive to get Williams elected president started as an idea for one of the groups’ live shows, which it performed on July 16 at the Peoples Improv Theater.

“With the primaries going on, we figured it would be kind of fun to throw a rally for someone in the race,” said Bloom. “And then the question became who was our favorite person in the world, or who would be ideal for it? And [Williams’] name was on the top of everyone’s mind.”

The group created pins and posters sporting Williams’ face with the slogan “Williams for President, Please?” The idea got picked up on a lot of websites and even in some mainstream media. And then the idea stuck with the group. “We realized that it actually might just be fun to treat this thing like a real campaign,” Bloom said. “I think someone got in touch with [Williams] and got an official comment, where he said something along the lines of that he was flattered, but the last thing the campaign needs is a candidate obsessed with his own hair.”

And even though Williams didn’t show up to the rally for his own presidential campaign, the Full Ginsburg is undaunted. Bloom jokingly said the group decided to ignore the fact that Williams said he didn’t want to run. “At this point, we’re left with a whole bunch of pins and materials and people who are interested, so the question is, what do we do with it now?” said Bloom. “He’s said he’s not interested, but who cares?

“There’s always 2016, right?”