Stephen Colbert for President?

Satirist Stephen Colbert announced his plans to run for President during his Comedy Central show The Colbert Report on Tuesday night.

Satirist Stephen Colbert announced his plans to run for President during his Comedy Central show The Colbert Report on Tuesday night. “After nearly 15 minutes of soul-searching, I have heard the call,” he said. He will be running only in his home state of South Carolina, as both a Democrat and a Republican.

Is there really “room for another comedian in the presidential race?” said Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence in USA Today’s blog. And can Colbert “take the kind of scrutiny that doomed Pat Paulsen" and other comics who’ve gone before him? He certainly doesn't seem eager for the rigors of the campaign trail: He’s entering the primary in South Carolina, but hasn’t mentioned if he’ll campaign anywhere else. “What, no national race, Colbert? Can’t take it?”

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