25 01, 2012

News From Bully Pulpit Series

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Bully Pulpit Coverage of Colbert/Cain Rally Index VIDEO: “Rock Me Like A Herman Cain: South Cain-Olina Primary Rally” via MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/46074168#46074168  VIDEO: MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” January 20, 2012 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/#46070451 VIDEO: Charleston The Post and Courier http://www.postandcourier.com/videos/2012/jan/20/2155/ VIDEO: Associated Press http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=90861&sitesection=nypostns&VID=23564077 VIDEO: London Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9029585/US-election-2012-Stephen-Colbert-urges-South-Carolina-voters-to-support-Herman-Cain.html VIDEO: ABCNews.com http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/stephen-colbert-herman-cain-rally-south-carolina-15407516 AUDIO: NPR News http://www.npr.org/2012/01/20/145532520/colbert-cain-hold-rally-in-s-c Associated Press -

24 01, 2012

Colbert Report – Comedy Central

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Stephen Colbert (Script)  Folks, the establishment may have thwarted my campaign for president of the United States of South Carolina. but there is one moment they can never take away. Last Friday's rock you like a Herman Cain South-Cain-olina at the College of Charleston. It gave me some of hope to see so many students so willing to skip class on such short notice.

24 01, 2012

In South Carolina, moments to remember on the GOP trail – The Washington Post

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The next day, Friday, Cain attended a campaign rally with satirist Stephen Colbert in Cistern Yard on the university’s quad. Nearly 5,000 people, mostly students, showed up at the event, perching on walls around the quad, hanging out of the windows of school buildings. Colbert, who is championing a Cain candidacy to emphasize the absurdities

24 01, 2012

More states betting on casino gambling for jobs, revenue- USA Today

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 Authorizing casino gambling is "easy politically right now," says Douglas Walker, associate professor of economics at South Carolina's College of Charleston and author of The Economics of Casino Gambling. "People want jobs and they don't want higher taxes. Legalizing casinos can be argued to create jobs and tax revenues."  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-23/states-casino-gambling/52746498/1  

24 01, 2012

These PAC-men make a game of it – Boston Herald

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 Their “Rock Me Like a Herman Cain” event on the College of Charleston campus drew a throng far larger and more electric than anything Mitt, Newt, Rick and Ron were attracting. http://news.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220122these_pac-men_make_a_game_of_it_colbert_exposes_the_inside_joke_of_politics/srvc=home&position=0  

24 01, 2012

Colbert raises Cain, but not votes – The State

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To promote the "I am Herman Cain" meme, Colbert organized a rally Friday at the College of Charleston, which drew the largest crowd to date in the 2012 presidential campaign. The stunt injected some comic relief into the race, but that's about it. Just 6,324 out of more than 600,000 voters cast ballots for Cain.

24 01, 2012

Stephen Colbert Gives Herman Cain the ‘Colbert Bump’ in South Carolina – ABC News

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Cain seems to have no problem acting as the stand-in for Colbert’s satirical campaign. “American needs to lighten up,” Cain said Friday in a speech at Colbert’s “The Rock Me Like a Herman Cain: South Cain-olina Primary Rally” at the College of Charleston. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/stephen-colbert-gives-herman-cain-the-colbert-bump-in-south-carolina/