Colbert for Prime

News Fu said, and comedian Stephen Colbert on Thursday night was the launch of its second president in the state of South Carolina.

"I am proud to announce a plan to form an exploratory committee to lay the foundations for my candidacy in the United States from South Carolina," Colbert in the registration of his program on Thursday night.

Colbert said the voters in South Carolina has seen an alternative to the current favorite Republican Mitt Romney.

"It is clear that my colleagues see me as Caroliniacs South Mitternative only," said Colbert.

However, according to the electoral law of the state of South Carolina, Colbert can not go unpunished. Site state, and said to write in votes are prohibited in the primary election or political party for president and vice president.

A spokesman for South Carolina Election Commission Chris Whitmire CNN Republican presidential primary with just nine days away, "I will not even be a way for someone to do it because he was not allowed under the law."

Missed the comedian on November 1 deadline to get your name on the ballot in a primary election the Republican Party. Whitmire said that according to the law, and there is no writing in the space on the ballot paper and electronic key.

Colbert lost, who ran for the White House for the Democratic Party in 2007, a battle with the Democratic Party of South Carolina when it is removed from the initial state elections in 2008, a move that ended his presidential campaign.

But the comedian returned with full force in this election cycle with its own Super PAC, called "making tomorrow a better tomorrow."

In October, allowed the Federal Election Commission Colbert to form the group, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to a candidate, provided that they are not in coordination with the candidate's campaign.

In the registration of his program Thursday, Colbert before this obstacle, and formally signed the Super PAC fellow Comedy Central host Jon Stewart.

The Satire on Super APA, has established a support group business, "Rick P (a) RRY" a few days before the governor of Texas, began its quest to reach the White House this summer.

"Therefore, to show that the format really is, and we ask voters to write in Barry with A - as is the case in the United States, Iowa, or PresidAnt" said Colbert. "You can be sure that it does not ask us to do that."

In the fall, Colbert also made headlines when it offered $ 500,000 super-CAP funds to cover the costs of the primary in South Carolina on Jan. 21, after a furious battle in the state will pay to participate in the competition, and the state party or the taxpayer.

On the other hand, asked Colbert, a native of South Carolina, and the right to change the name of the primary to the "Colbert Super PAC South Carolina Republican Party.