Colbert campaign, we hardly knew ye

Well, this is a slap in the face: Stephen Colbert's Presidential campaign ground to a halt when South Carolina's Democratic party rejected his bid to be included on the state's ballot. Let's recap: Colbert is not "Presidential enough," but Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich are.

"He's really trying to use South Carolina Democrats as suckers so he can further a comedy routine," Waring Howe, a spectacularly humorless member of the executive council, bitched. Yeah, so? What do you think Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo are doing for the Republican Party?

On a roll, Howe added that Colbert "serves to detract from the serious candidates on the ballot." Honestly: If he detracts from certain candidates, just how serious are they, anyway?

Wonder how they're taking all this at Team Colbert. And which state will they set their crosshairs on next?