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Stephen Colbert 'campaigns' in South Carolina with Herman Cain

By April MacIntyre Jan 21, 2012, 16:02 GMT

Colbert, 47, announced on his show late 12 January that he was forming an exploratory committee to enter the South Carolina Republican primary after polls there showed he was ahead of some of the bona-fide candidates such as former Utah Governor John Huntsman.  EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

Colbert, 47, announced on his show late 12 January that he was forming an exploratory committee to enter the South Carolina Republican primary after polls there showed he was ahead of some of the bona-fide candidates such as former Utah Governor John Huntsman. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert hosted a South Carolina primary rally with former Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain, at the College of Charleston, South Carolina on January 20, 2012.

The South Carolina Primary will be held on January 21. R

The mock campaign rally in South Carolina, the home of Colbert, urged fans to vote for former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain.

Cain suspended his campaign in December amid allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity, but he remains on the ballot for Saturday's South Carolina primary.

"Anybody who knows me knows that I have believed in the message of Herman Cain for several days now," Colbert said. "I would want you to vote for Herman Cain because Herman Cain is me."

Super PAC funding organizations are groups with great clout in U.S. politics which allow groups to fundraise for candidates. The Supreme Court ruling in 2010 allowed corporations and unions to raise unlimited funds to buy ads to support or attack politicians.

"Faced with this tragic lack of corporate influence in our government, five courageous, unelected justices of the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have the constitutional right to spend unlimited money in political speech," Colbert said.

Meanwhile, Ron Paul continues to court younger college age supporters with his smaller government, smaller military message.



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