Comedy Central: Colbert run legal

The corporation that airs Stephen Colbert's television show is confident that his run for president on the South Carolina ballot will not violate federal election law prohibiting corporate contributions to a federal candidate. I'm pretty much begging for this to end up at the FEC, if only for the sheer entertainment value...

A recent poll suggests this comedic stunt might be doing more than generating buzz on blogs...

In one match-up, Clinton gets 45% to Giuliani's 35% and Colbert's 13%.

Rasmussen notes that Colbert gets 28% of 18-29 year olds in this match-up, more than Giuliani does! Same in the race with Thompson. It thus appears that young Republicans are abandoning their party for Colbert. Is this a reflection on the fact that they do not want to vote for the Republican after 8 years of Bush, but are weary of voting for a Democrat, so they jump on whoever runs as a three-way candidate?

Colbert's character lampoons conservative talk show hosts. Interesting to see how and from where he draws!