oh wow

I am Canadian from Montreal and follow daily his Show. had I've been a US citizen and should he really go further and translate it into a real initiative and decision to run for Presidency, I would certainly vote for him... At least, you can have a "second look" on the current civil servants views with regards to implementing US strategies abroad... Needless to talk about the current Administration... " )) Go go go Colbert avec l'accent français

On the one hand, it's hard to see this as anything but a joke. Garrison Keillor said of Colbert that he was "...consumed by the character he plays" and I tend to agree.

On the other hand, he stands a good chance to puncture the pomposity of candidates in both parties. I'd really like to see him skewer the Dem and Rep slates in open debate as deftly as he did Bush at the 2006 WH Correspondents' Dinner (yes, I know some think it was a hatchet job).

An even better political satirist, the great Walt Kelly, called the White House office the "Presidensity". That jibe was well-deserved, and I'd like to see someone lighten things up. Colbert is the best man for the job at this moment.

i have seen the movie and it is super funny

Colbert won't appear on S.C. Democratic ballot
State party officials decide comedian detracts from serious candidates

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Democrats squashed Stephen Colbert’s fanciful White House bid on Thursday.

Colbert, who poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central cable network, filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. His campaign paid a $2,500 filing fee just before the noon deadline, said state Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler.

However, after about 40 minutes of discussion by top party officials, the executive council voted 13-3 to keep the host of “The Colbert Report” off the ballot.

He also didn't make it into the Republican ballot.

He's a comedian so he can't be a serious candidate ?

What kind of democracy is that ?

With all the jokers we have had in politics lately, a comedian would be a refreshing change: “It's not the hawks and doves that I'm worried about...it's those cuckoos in Washington that want to make pigeons out of all of us.”

— Barbara Feldon