I’ve never been to Charleston, S.C., but I’m pretty sure that, for this afternoon at least, Randolph Hall at the College of Charleston was located at the intersection of Reality and Satire. There it was that Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain, unlikely ballotfellows, held a funny, serious and seriously funny rally to promote Colbert’s bid
Colbert, the Comedy Central star running a psuedo-presidential campaign, and Cain filled the main quadrangle at the College of Charleston with an eclectic mix of college students, Occupy Wall Street protesters and townspeople drawn in by the circus-like atmosphere. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-primaries/205457-colbert-tells-sc-voters-to-vote-for-herman-cain-because-herman-cain-is-me
So what is happening to make him popular right now, I ask the one of the university's professors of political science? It is fascinating, I see it all the time in the class room," Kendra Stewart says. "College students really being attracted to a candidate who is tailoring his message to them. Telling them they
Thousands of young people flocked to the campus of the College of Charleston for the rally, which included a marching band and a choir on stage. Stacey Hanchuck, an independent voter, said she plans to cast her ballot for Cain. "In a roundabout way, we're voting for Stephen Colbert 2017," she said, holding a homemade
CHARLESTON, S.C.--How about this as a sign of how strange things have become in the Republican presidential race? Newt Gingrich, the candidate with all of the momentum in the South Carolina primary, canceled a morning appearance on Friday because of concerns about sparse attendance. But just a few blocks away and a few hours later,
Newt Gingrich skipped out of a scheduled appearance at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Friday morning, with campaign staffers citing sparse attendance — there were only a few dozen people in the arena. Three hours later, 3,500 people crammed into Cistern Yard at the College of Charleston. The cell-phone network was overloaded as friends desperately
It was perhaps inevitable that Stephen Colbert -- fake conservative, cable TV personality, and the most famous Charlestonian since that guy from Hootie and the Blowfish -- would return to South Carolina to make a little mischief before the state's Republican primary. More of a surprise was his recruitment of Herman Cain, the scandal-plagued former
Slightly more surreal than the actual campaign developments of recent days, Stephen Colbert urged his fellow South Carolinians to vote for former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. Mr. Cain who dropped from the race after allegations of serial adultery -- sound familiar? -- urged the crowd of thousands at the College of Charleston not to
Colbert is appearing Friday with former presidential candidate Herman Cain at the College of Charleston. It's an outdoor event being called "Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally." http://www.thestate.com/2012/01/20/2121316/day-before-primary-stephen-colbert.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
DON GONYEA: The campaign in South Carolina is also shorter than in Iowa, and Santorum hasn't been able to spend month after month on the ground meeting voters here. And there's another obstacle for him in this Southern state: Newt Gingrich is from neighboring Georgia. KENDRA STEWART: Oh, yes. Newt plays very well in South
