Cain/Colbert in 5th place in S. C. primary

Stephen Colbert is running this brilliant fake campaign for the Republican nomination.  Or actually he insists that he is not yet running but simply exploring a run.

Last Sunday, I wrote this about it:

Now, however, comes Stephen Colbert's fake presidential campaign and his "Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC" ad. This one is brilliant satire.

It begins with an American flag waving, then a video of Romney saying, "Corporations are people." Then a picture of sides of beef being butchered and a voice-over saying that, as head of Bain, Romney took over corporations, carved them up, and got rid of parts he didn't want. "So, if corporations are people, then Romney is a serial killer !!!"

It's brilliant !!! It's funny, it uses Mittens' own language, and draws the logical conclusion to lampoon his position on corporations, vulture capitalism, job loss, and the 1%-er image.

This week, Colbert and Herman Cain "campaigned" together, suggesting to people that they vote for Cain (who is still on the ballot) as a way of showing support for Colbert.   In a sense it's a protest vote, or a sort of None of the Above.

And tonight, the vote tallies show that Cain/Colbert got 5,937 votes or 1% of the total.  That is more than double what Rick Perry got.

Public Policy Polling included him in a poll this week of a hypothetical third party race with Obama, Romney, and Colbert.   Colbert was the choice of 13%, with 41% for Obama and 38% for Romney.   Colbert's "favorability" rating was 36% -- higher than any of the Republican candidates.

Let's hope he doesn't actually run though.  He pulls way more votes from Obama than he does from Romney.   But it does lighten up this soap opera.

Ralph