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Date: 2012-01-22

Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, had some kind words for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe Friday. "I like Ron Paul, I really do," Mr. Colbert said when asked by Mika Brzezinksi to "choose" one of the remaining four candidates.

"The guy is intellectually consistent," Mr. Colbert argued. "He doesn't change with the winds and that's admirable, I think," Mr. Colbert added.

r. Colbert is running in the South Carolina Republican primary as pizza magnate Herman Cain. The talk show host would have run as himself in the primary, but the Palmetto State does not allow write in candidates on the primary ballot.

"Cain and I are so similar, I think that if this Saturday Herman Cain were to get a significant number of votes, that would be a sign that voters are hungry for a Stephen Colbert campaign," Mr. Colbert said on The Colbert Report.

Mr. Colbert is a very popular person in South Carolin. In fact, a recent Public Policy Polling poll found that the talk show host a favorability rating of 36 percent in the Palmetto State. Mr. Colbert's favorability rating is higher than the entire field of Republican candidates. Mr. Colbert was even 10 percentage points ahead of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who leads the latest polls of likely voters in the South Carolina Republican primary.

A Justice at Stake survey of Palmetto State voters, released Wednesday, found Mr. Paul in fourth place with 11 percent of the votes. The poll also revealed that Mr. Colbert had a small chance of defeating Mr. Paul in South Carolina if his name had been allowed on the ballot. According to the poll of 1,135 registered South Carolina voters, 13 percent of Republican-leaning voters would "consider" voting for Mr. Colbert.

source: http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/stephen-colbert-on-ron-paul-the-guy-is-intellectually-consistent/#ixzz1k90vVxKF