Video: Prank at 40th Annual Mayor's Breakfast

Mayor Tish Colombi opened her remarks at the 40th Annual Mayor's Breakfast Saturday with a prank.

The long-time borough commissioner announced that "all good things must come to an end," and "after long thought and consultation," and with "Michele Bachmann out of the race and Sarah Palin absent without leave," she had decided to throw her hat in the ring to run for president of the United States.

The mayor returned to the gag later in her remarks, using a cell phone as a prop. She said she was waiting for a call from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whom she had asked to be her running mate. Her cell phone actually rang on cue near the end of her remarks and she confirmed Christie was onboard. The prank was so convincing that Colombi fired off an email immediately after the breakfast to ensure against reports that she was not running for reelection next year after 26 years on the three-member board of commissioners.