Colbert Takes Credit For Pushing Huntsman Out Of The Race

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On Monday, another Republican presidential campaign bit the dust: Jon Huntsman bowed out of the race, called on his fellow candidates to stop attacking one another and offered Mitt Romney his endorsement.

Stephen Colbert, hours after Huntsman bowed out, took some credit for ending Huntsman’s campaign. In a recent South Carolina poll, Colbert actually polled ahead of Huntsman. So the late-night comedian launched an exploratory committee to seek the presidency of the “United States of South Carolina.”

“Folks, do you see what’s happened here?” Colbert said. “The mere possibility that I might run for president blew Jon Huntsman all the way back to the Lands End catalog that he came from.”

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