assumed that was the end of the story, but last week I saw that the South Carolina GOP has reneged on funding any part of the primary, save for the legal minimum percentage of candidate filing fees, leaving the financially strapped counties on the hook for $500,000. That?s money that counties need for emergency services, infrastructure repair, and to complete the wall to keep out North Carolinians. Once again, our first-in-the-South primary is in jeopardy. Which brings us to South Carolina?s other motto: ?Dum spiro spero? ? ?While I breathe, I hope.? Well, South Carolina counties, you can stop breathing now ? your hopes have been answered. Colbert Super PAC will cover the counties? $500,000 shortfall. In return, I ask for only two things: that you support the Democrats? petition to get my referendum back on the ballot, and that you grant me the pre-negotiated naming rights, which, I think we can all agree, you now own. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, ?You paid for that microphone!? The counties need the money, and Colbert Super PAC wants to give it to you; call it a Christmas Miracle. I?ve already filled out the check, and to prove it?s no joke, I?ve written ?No Joke? in the memo line. I?m going to be home in South Carolina over the holidays, so just give me a call. Both state parties have my contact info. Let?s put this late unpleasantness behind us and, in 2012, hold the greatest primary of all time. If you are