Colbert in the race?: 'God’s good with it'
Andy Shain, The SC Primary Blog
Comedian and Charleston native Stephen Colbert will announce whether he will run for president in South Carolina on his show tonight.
After revealing that he was polling ahead of Jon Huntsman in South Carolina, "The Colbert Report" host asked his audience last night if he should run in a race he was hoping to pay $500,000 to sponsor.
He took a moment to prary [sic] and announced: “God’s good with it.”
“But obviously, I still have to go home sit down and talk it over with my money.”
A poll released this week has Colbert getting 5 percent of the vote in South Carolina -- slightly ahead of Huntsman, who finished third in New Hampshire.
When the former Utah governor learned of the news, Huntsman told Fox News that Colbert told him that when he as a guest on the show that he should get a “Colbert bump” in popularity.
“I’m sorry Governor Huntsman.” Colbert said. “I guess the Colbert bump reflected off of you and bounced back to me. That happens in the rare instances when my guests are whiter than I am.”
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Stephen Colbert isn't running for president — at least not yet.
During taping of the Thursday night episode of TheColbert Report, he legally transferred his super political action committee to his friend and Comedy Centralcohort Jon Stewart. Dropping by from The Daily Show, Stewart happily signed the super PAC documents and accepted the post.
The move potentially paves the way for Colbert to enter the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, his home state. Campaigning politicians are prohibited from simultaneously running a super PAC.
But Colbert only hinted at such a decision. In true potential candidate form, he announced he's forming "an exploratory committee" to consider whether he would run for president of "the United States of South Carolina."
Colbert memorably attempted to run in the primary in the 2008 election.................................................
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