Stephen Leavin'
Comedy Central's faux conservative talk host Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for president, and his one primary outting. A native of South Carolina, he tried to enter both the GOP and Democratic state contests so that he could lose a primary twice. But, alas, the defeat was not to be.
First the GOP's $35,000 primary entry fee foiled him. And while he did pay the Democrat's $2,500 fee, the South Carolina Democratic executive committee rejected his candidacy, 13-3.
After apparently mulling the faux defeat over the weekend, he conceded his fate on Monday: "Although I lost by the slimmest margin in presidential election history — only 10 votes — I have chosen not to put the country through another agonizing Supreme Court battle," he said in a statement. "It is time for this nation to heal."