Characters
- Josh Swensen: He is the Peace Party candidate for United States president in 2004. He is the main character and is known by two other names in the book: Larry (website name) and Mark Paulson (Colorado name).
- Janine: Josh's girlfriend in Colorado, who is originally from Seattle and enjoys shopping and her dog.
- Beth: Josh's old friend in Massachusetts. She kidnaps Josh and convinces him to run for office. First, she suggests that he should run for Massachusetts state representative but then Josh decides to run for United States president. She was dating Simon.
- Simon: Beth's boyfriend who is a well-educated young man from England. His presence at many times makes Josh jealous of his relationship with Beth. He sings mondegreens (misinterpreted, comical versions) of Christmas carols.
- betagold: She is a 60-year-old woman called Tracy Hawthorne who was obsessed with finding out the true of identity of Larry in The Gospel According To Larry.
- Peter: Larry's stepfather who was formerly an ad person, but quit and became a house painter to become "more in touch with his life"
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