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
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
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
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.
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/
"Romney is not strong in the areas where Obama is weak," said Kendra Stewart, associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston. "Obama's weaknesses are things like crony capitalism and campaign finances, and Romney has some of those same problems." Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/22/2123998/the-road-ahead-looks-good-for.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
“People may be voting not so much for Gingrich, but just to keep the primaries going,” said Kendra Stewart, an associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston. The New York Times talks to people on the ground and says that voters really don’t know what to think and despite endless debates and
“Clearly, Romney has underperformed,’’ said Jordan Ragusa, a College of Charleston political science professor. “I think that Romney strategically erred in not being prepared for some basic questions that he should have known would come up.’’ http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-22/nation/30650024_1_mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-south-carolina-politics
Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, a South Carolina native and one of the most influential American satirists of modern times, drew thousands to a 45-minute performance on the College of Charleston campus billed as the Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-Olina Primary Rally. "I want you to vote for Herman Cain, because Herman Cain
Henry Mullin, 18, a freshman at the College of Charleston, cast his first presidential vote Saturday and voted for Mr. Gingrich. Mr. Mullin attended the debate on Thursday as an undecided voter. But as soon as he saw Mr. Gingrich’s response to the opening question about his marriage, Mr. Mullin made up his mind. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/us/politics/many-voters-moved-to-gingrich-with-just-days-or-moments-left.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=College%20of%20Charleston&st=cse
