Stephen Colbert is try for president

Means the statement of Stephen Colbert on Thursday night that explore the workings of presidential advertising for comedy - ". 100 percent legal and at least 10 percent of ethics" and the role they play in this election cycle by patrol super call, as Colbert described winkingly
But this does not mean that South Carolina Republicans should wait to vote for Colbert when they go to the polls on Saturday in a contest for the nomination of the next primary on the calendar.

In his Comedy Central program Thursday night, Colbert announced the formation of "exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for a possible candidacy for president of the United States of South Carolina." Drawing on the screen saying: "I'm doing!"

So far can not Colbert on the ballot in the state of South Carolina - November 1 deadline for this has come and gone - and the state does not provide a space to write in votes in the primaries. "The law of the State and South Carolina are not allowed to write in any vote in the primaries for the presidency, and no empty space in the voting machines for the applicant in writing," said Matt Moore, executive director of the Party South Carolina Republican. He added: "Stephen Colbert had the opportunity both for his election as president in South Carolina, where they can be elected Pope."

The Colbert, who tried to run for president in the state of South Carolina in 2008, but was unable to get on the ballot, referring to the recent study of public policy polling that found him voting for Jon Huntsman in the state . Access voting rules vary from state to state. Colbert may be obtained on the ballot in states where the dates do not work, and / or get to write on the votes of the states that allow such votes. But getting on the ballot is very time consuming process - just ask the major Republican candidates have not done it in different countries - and it is unlikely that Colbert would do it for what is essentially a joke.

Have real meaning of the Declaration of Colbert to focus attention on the most important journals, donors can pump unlimited funds to support or attack candidates, and thus influence the election results. Super patrols made possible by the year 2010, "Citizens United" Supreme Court decision that effectively classified the talk about money.

These groups are not technically affiliated with the candidates, and they can not legally coordinate with them. However, they were doing the dirty work on behalf of candidates in this election cycle: in the state of Iowa, and support of Mitt Romney's PAC ran Super billion in the attack of advertising attacking Newt Gingrich on " bags "and the pro-Gingrich PAC superpower flush with $ 5 million donation Tycoon Casino Las Vegas is to be with attack ads Romney wins continuous record Bain Capital.

In his Thursday, Colbert handed control of the Super Pac him to his fellow Comedy Central John Stewart, who mocked the idea that the patrols and uncoordinated campaigns superpower: mockery and a set of "The Daily Show" in a press release that "Steven and I in any way that worked for a series of flashes of Morse code to transmit information to each other appears in all of us."

He invited Gingrich to get Romney's attack ads against him from the air last month, "Do not hide behind some nonsense about the Super PAC reality: Stewart and Colbert are not alone in questioning the line between patrols and campaigns Super no control over what happens to be led by five of my team before, and this is nonsense. "And in many cases achieved by people working for candidates - Publications super support candidates - including those who Gingrich and Romney supporters.

Accompanied by his lawyer Trevor Potter, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, Colbert mocked supposed to Joy Division on the night of Thursday, adding that he still can volunteer on behalf of the Super PAC, and now called "definitely not is coordinated with Stephen Colbert Super PAC ". Development of Stewart, Colbert Potter hands and shouted with one voice: "The lack of coordination"

Colbert Super PAC - formerly called "Americans for a better tomorrow, and tomorrow" - first ran ads in Iowa in August, asking voters to write in "Rick Barry" on the ballot before voting straw Iowa, misspelling the name of Gov. Rick Perry of Texas with the "a" - "for the United States," Colbert also another group - incorporated as a 501 (c) (4) - Donations can be transferred to the unknown is limited in its super-PAC, which is used to fund the ads to support homeowners insurance in the league of the NBA.