Political Jackass

According to CNN, The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert will be running for President in his home state of South Caroline as a Democrat. The reason? The GOP is too costly. The Democratic Party requires just $2,500 or 3,000 signatures whereas to get on the GOP ballot you need to raise $35,000.

Funnyman Stephen Colbert’s presidential campaign is apparently no joke.

The host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will file papers late Wednesday or early Thursday to put his name on South Carolina’s Democratic primary ballot, a source familiar with the comedian’s strategy said.

The South Carolina native will not file papers as a Republican because the $35,000 required to get on the GOP ballot is apparently too high a threshold.

“They priced us out of range,” the source told CNN.

The South Carolina Democratic Party demands a candidate pay $2,500 or garner 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot. Surrogates of “The Colbert Report” star will file the hand-signed papers at state party headquarters before the November 1 filing deadline.

The mock conservative pundit whose show regularly features real politicians and political commentators announced that he was running as both a Democrat and Republican on October 16.

But whether Colbert’s name will show up on the ballot remains unclear.

The state party’s 26-member executive council — with representatives from each of South Carolina’s six congressional districts as well as state members of the Democratic National Committee — will meet Thursday afternoon to decide which candidates meet the criteria to appear on the ballot. Read more…