By: Stephen Colbert's belated White House bid took an actual baby step Thursday, when he officially filed for the South Carolina primary as a Democrat. While he has vowed to also run as a Republican, apparently the $35,000 filing fee in that state was too much to bear -- and we know how he hates bears.
But his baby step went in the wrong direction quickly, when the evil Dems denied him a place on the ballot this afternoon. The party's executive council met Thursday afternoon in Columbia to decide which candidates met the criteria to be placed on the ballot -- and Colbert didn't make the cut, executive director Joe Werner said.
Apparently he did not meet the criteria of being a "serious" candidate, since he was campaigning, so far, in only one state.
This came even after a new Rasmussen poll finds Colbert winning -- at least over a pair of "serious" second-tier candidates with passionate followings of their own. Colbert tops GOP Rep. Ron Paul, 36% to 32%, while he outpaces Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich by 37% to Kucinich 32%. In both cases, Rasmussen found, Colbert eats into their "base."
The same polling outfit recently found Colbert drawing about 12% of the vote in a three-way matchup with leading candidates Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani.
Filing to to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina, Colbert's campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline, said state Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler.
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