Stephan Colbert and the Race for The White House.

Last night on the Colbert Report Steven Colbert announced that he would be running for president in his home state of South Carolina. I don’t know whether this is just a political stunt or not, but a Colbert Candidacy on either a republican or a democratic ticket would be extremely interesting for the race.

A recent blog post on the NY Times’s website has an interesting quote that shows that republican’s generally don’t do humor well.

Katon Dawson, the chairman of the state Republican Party, said his office had also received a call from Mr. Colbert’s staff … Mr. Dawson, though was far more dismissive of Mr. Colbert’s apparent intentions than his Democratic counterparts. “My advice,’’ he said in a telephone interview, “is that he could probably have more fun buying a sports car and getting a girlfriend.’’