This is a sad day in America when South Carolina's favorite son gets denied the presidency! Colbert is the man, he would have won! Viva Colbert Nation!!!

Oh well, I guess I won't be voting again this year after all...

Our Nation is at a crossroads. Our entire Country is looking for new, exciting, different, and yes.....sometimes humorous ways of promoting politics and government beyond the status quo. There is a reason that 70% of eligible US voters choose to never vote. By having South Carolina reject Stephen Colbert's attempt lets me know that the Democratic Party is as stale and idealess as ever before. Fearful, exclusionary, order-taking, get in line Democrats is now the picture for our youth and every voter Nationwide.

I find the whole argument that Stephen would've taken votes away from any of the "real" Democratic candidates incredibly amusing. If someone votes for Stephen, a guy not serious about running for president, isn't that a reflection of how incredibly poor the Democratic candidates are, to the point that people would rather vote for a comedian than a politician? If someone voted for Stephen Colbert instead of Hillary Clinton, who's at fault there? Stephen? Or Hillary? Who failed to grab the voter's support here?

Wait - Why is Obama not on that list of Democrats who will be on the SC ballot?

I'm a little curious about the rationale of preventing Colbert from being on the ballot because he might take votes away from mainstream candidates. Have the party leaders in South Carolina forgotten that the entire point of holding a primary election is so that the PEOPLE can choose their candidate? Winning votes is the entire point.

I hope this is a step towards ending the inadequate 2 party system we have here in America. I think our whole government needs to be reorganized into a system which divides power into smaller segments and has many, many more checks and balances and a strict evaluation system which holds leaders accountable for their actions.

If real fools are running the country, why not a comic? It can't get any worse!

Democracy is disfunctional in the United States. We have slowly acquiesced to unreasonable constraints on our free speech (try holding a rally in front of a national convention). We have accepted the cash for access campaigning that dominates American politics. We have rolled over for sound bites instead of dialogue, speeches that aim to offend the least instead of saying what they believe and attack dog environments in our primaries and our national elections. It is time for a change. Maybe Colbert should run.

He should run as an independent in the election. Screw both of our corrupt parties and their bought and paid for candidates.

How come he can't run as an independent?

this is bs it's unamerican to tell someone they can't run. anybody should be aloud to run and the only reason why he said he's running as a democrat and republican is because he's running as a undivided American

he should just tell America to simply wright in his name on the ballet

From the article: "Those appearing on the Democratic ballot will be: Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, former Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson."

I'd look for a retraction soon, or a much longer article on why Barack Obama was denied a spot on the Democratic ballot in South Carolina.

Well, this is rather expected. It wasn't a serious campaign and the democrats finally I guess didn't appreciate his injecting any shenanigans into their coronation of Hillary and why should they? The republican party I don't think would run him either, but the democrat party would have been the one to run him if he were to go for an affiliation. He still could go independent, but I doubt it will happen. He's done his thing and it was all fun. Vote Carlos Mencia in '08! We need the Mind of Mencia and he would be the first Latino president! If you don't vote for him, it must be because you are a bigot! Remember that! :)

I hope that some of you Colbert supporters will join us on the Ron Paul Peace Train?

It is shaping up to be one Hell of a party!

Maybe Stephen needs to start a new political party. The Truth Party!!!

the system fails again :(

D, That should be the "Truthiness Party".

Carl Bergstedt posted (and actually thought) that as an American Citizen one gets to vote in choosing the party candidates in the presidential election. False! False! False!

Only voters in Iowa and New Hampshire and maybe South Carolina get a choice. After those three states vote, the establishment media declares the winner for each party, and tells us that all other candidates are done before most states get to vote.

Voting by working class citizens in American democracy is irrelevant. Only cash donations really count.

Wow, snubbed, lol, well as they say where I hail from "they don't kick dead dogs." You must be more of a threat than you thought :) It is a sad commentary on the the egalitarian idea of any one can run for office.. one side has a low entry fee, but can deny your aspirations by closed vote, and the other has a high entry fee just to run. God bless the America.