Stephen Colbert exploring S. C. presidential run

[Jtorsella]

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[pulp8721]

AGAIN?!?

 

[pauliticalfan]

Sounds like he's gonna screw us over.

Can't the GOP kick him off the ballot? He's not a serious candidate.

 

[RPES1]

A special announce tonight, maybe he will endorse rp!

 

[Ray]

 

[Jtorsella]

From what I've read, he's way off the deadline and has no chance of being accepted.

 

[eleganz]

Whatever he is doing, is immoral...since it is just a big joke to him.

 

[pauliticalfan]

Does anyone know if SC accepts write-ins?

 

[ByeByeBernanke]

Does anyone know if SC accepts write-ins?

This is the key question.

 

[ONUV]

i can't stand this prick.

 

[Mini-Me]

Whatever he is doing, is immoral...since it is just a big joke to him.

No, it's not immoral: He's a protest candidate. It's a legitimate way of expressing discontent.

Realistically speaking, he's not going to get votes that would otherwise go to Ron Paul. Instead, he'll get votes from kids who are too liberal to like Ron Paul, but who want to make a statement or have a few kicks.

 

[bluesc]

This will hurt us and the irrelevant Huntsman.

 

[bluesc]

No, it's not immoral: He's a protest candidate. It's a legitimate way of expressing discontent.

Realistically speaking, he's not going to get votes that would otherwise go to Ron Paul. Instead, he'll get votes from kids who are too liberal to like Ron Paul, but who want to make a statement or have a few kicks.

Polls generally don't pick up first time voters very easily.

 

[Mini-Me]

Polls generally don't pick up first time voters very easily.

Why is this relevant though?

 

[pauliticalfan]

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching Colbert, but the stakes are too high right now to risk everything getting screwed up at the last minute. The SC GOP needs to keep him off the ballot, and ban write-ins if Colbert tries to pull this crap.

 

[bluesc]

Why is this relevant though?

If he's at 5%, he's taking that from somewhere. It's not Romney or Newt.

 

[Mini-Me]

If he's at 5%, he's taking that from somewhere. It's not Romney or Newt.

It's just a bunch of liberal kids who figure they'll have more fun voting for him than actually casting a real vote in the locked up Democratic primary. Trust me, his votes are not coming from people who would otherwise vote for a serious candidate. Anyone who would even consider voting for Ron Paul has too much concern over where we are as a country to throw a joke/protest vote in this primary.

 

[wide awake]

He got 5% in NH because it was an open primary, and a bunch of liberal kids figured they'd have more fun voting for him than actually casting a real vote in the locked up Democratic primary. His votes are not coming from people who would otherwise vote for a serious candidate...and since SC seems to be a closed primary state, he won't be nearly as successful. Anyone who would even consider voting for Ron Paul has too much understanding about where we are as a country to throw a joke/protest vote in this primary.

I think you have that backwards. He has 5 percent in SC poll (he's from SC). Also anybody can vote in SC.

 

[69360]

SC is an open primary

 

[Mini-Me]

I think you have that backwards. He has 5 percent in SC poll (he's from SC). Also anybody can vote in SC.

Thanks...corrected my reasoning, but the general argument stands that these are not lost votes.