Stephen Colbert tops Jon Huntsman in South Carolina Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories

[a kennedy]

This is not a joke, but it’s kind of funny: Stephen Colbert would edge out Jon Huntsman in the South Carolina Republican primary.
That’s according to a Public Policy Polling poll out Tuesday that found the late-night comic picking up 5 percent of the vote, compared with Huntsman’s 4 percent.

On the serious side, Mitt Romney had 27 percent, Newt Gingrich 23 percent, Rick Santorum 18 percent, while Ron Paul came in with 8 percent and Rick Perry 7 percent.
And as for Colbert’s proposed ballot referendum that would ask voters whether they think corporations are people — which harks back to a comment Romney made in August — 33 percent said they believe “corporations are people,” while 67 percent said “only people are people.”

The PPP poll was conducted Jan. 5-7 among 1,112 likely Republican voters in the Jan. 21 primary.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71283.html#ixzz1j5DuCZ2J

[a kennedy]

1. Thought this would get a little something in response.....

guess not.

[Mz Pip]

2. It would be cool if the referendum

made it to the ballot. I don't think anyone with any common sense at all could believe that coporations have the same rights as people.

Mitt may end up being the noninee and still not be able to crack more than 30% of the vote. Paul will be in it to the end as will Gingrich. Neither have anything to lose.

[jakeXT]

3. Ah well............/nt