By Noah Rothman, Ology.com | Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert has long blurred the lines between comedian and politician. He formed his own Super PAC to raise funds and run political advertising and at one point had a top tier staff running the operation. Colbert has decided to take the operation to the next level –the comedy host has transferred control of his PAC to colleague Jon Stewart in order to run for president on the Republican primary ballot in his home state of California.
The move was prompted by the news that a pollster that decided to test Colbert’s name against the Republican challengers in South Carolina found that he performed better against former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. While Huntsman is not as strong a candidate in the Palmetto State as he was in New Hampshire, losing to a comedian who is not in the race is not insignificant.
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