Reporting from Charleston, S.C. -- Under the looming live oaks at the College of Charleston on Friday, Stephen Colbert delivered a clinic on how to produce a whiz-bang political rally. Significantly, not one of the Republican candidates this year has exhibited the star power to bring off such an extravaganza themselves. Thousands of students packed
So Colbert encouraged voters to select Cain as a stand-in. The pair appeared together on Friday, one day before South Carolina's primary, at a rally at the College of Charleston. "Herman is the only former candidate who truly shares my values. It's like our values were separated at birth. And our ethics are at least
"If Gingrich wins or comes close, the race continues," said Jeri Cabot, a political scientist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where the unemployment rate is about the same as Florida's 9.9 percent. "Your state [Florida] will then determine whether Gingrich can attract enough money to help him go further." http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/fl-primary-econ-jobs-romney-20120121,0,4196736.story ย
ROBERTS: It was also the night that Newt Gingrich found new life, a performance that earned a rare standing ovation. And by Tuesday, had catapulted him in the polls. PROFESSOR KENDRA STEWART, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: He woke up and had a sudden surge that I think Gingrich knew was coming, but took the rest of
While Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are the four remaining presidential candidates, the Palmetto State brought one of the strangest political rallies involving a pair of non-candidate "candidates." Stephen Colbert of the "Colbert Report" teamed up with former candidate Herman Cain at a rally on the campus of the College of
But despite the positive reception on the College of Charlestonโs campus Friday, when Colbert held a joint rally with Cain, college students interviewed said they and their friends didnโt take the joke seriously enough to follow through at their polling places on Saturday. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71773.html#ixzz1kIcKa3wp ย
College of Charleston Political Analyst Kendra Stewart stopped by ABC News 4 studios on Saturday and predicted who she thought would walk away with the South Carolina nomination. Just two days prior, one candidate was already slated to walk away with the Palmetto State's vote but the debate held at the North Charleston Coliseum on
ย Regardless, South Carolina is one state where the candidate's appeal to young people is palpable. At an event in North Charleston Friday morning, the modest crowd was heavy with young, fervent supporters. Even at Stephen Colbert's farcical rally with Herman Cain, which was held on the campus of the College of Charleston the same day,
In the runup to the January, 2008 Democratic South Carolina primary, then Sen. Barack Obama accepted the endorsement of Sen. John Kerry at an outdoor rally at the College of Charleston on Jan. 10, 2008, drawing a crowd of about 4,500, a high mark for the school. That record was broken on Friday when Colbert
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert and former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain appeared together Friday at the College of Charleston for the โRock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primaryโ rally. The Huffington Post reported that the crowd of 3,000-5,000 people in South Carolina was the largest campaign rally so far during this GOP
