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Herman Cain's Bittersweet South Carolina Victory

Season 8 • 01/23/2012

When all the votes were counted in South Carolina, Herman Cain came in number one -- percent.

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00:35

Intro - 1/18/12
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Shocking poll results emerge, major websites go dark to protest a controversial law, and conservative columnist David Frum believes that the GOP is off track.
01/18/2012
04:17

Troubled GOP Waters & Stephen Under Attack
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Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich contend with primary problems, while the Definitely Not Coordinating with Stephen Colbert Super PAC turns on Stephen.
01/19/2012
00:15

Sign Off - Flight to Charleston, SC
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Stephen enjoys a Cinnabon before boarding his flight to Charleston to attend the Rock Me Like A Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally.
01/19/2012
05:19

Carrie Rebora Barratt
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Carrie Rebora Barratt provides an analysis of Emanuel Leutze's masterpiece "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
01/19/2012
06:49

Colbert Super PAC - John Paul Stevens
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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens expounds on his dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore and Citizens United.
01/19/2012
05:32

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains how he uses game theory to make geo-political predictions and formulate car-buying strategies.
01/23/2012
00:26

Intro - 1/23/12
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Stephen reports on the Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally, and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts what world leaders will do.
01/23/2012
03:19

Newt Gingrich's South Carolina Kill
The Colbert ReportS8

Newt Gingrich seals his victory in the South Carolina primary debates by going after America's most dangerous enemy: debate moderators.
01/23/2012
00:07

Sign Off - Sniffing a Marker
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Stephen sniffs a marker and says goodnight.
01/23/2012
07:05

Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-olina Primary Rally - Cain-elot Revisited
The Colbert ReportS8

The establishment may have thwarted Stephen's campaign for President of the United States of South Carolina, but there is one moment it can never take away from him.
01/23/2012
04:17

Herman Cain's Bittersweet South Carolina Victory
The Colbert ReportS8

Herman Cain beat every candidate in the South Carolina primary who was no longer trying to win, leading Stephen to officially end his presidential exploratory committee.
01/23/2012
00:52

18th GOP Debate
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The Florida GOP debate leaves one question lingering in everyone's mind: who cares?
01/24/2012
01:18

Colbert Super PAC - Hostage Crisis - Day 2
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Jon Stewart continues to hold the Colbert Super PAC hostage, so Stephen urges Colbert Nation to comfort his frightened money by sending it more of itself.
01/24/2012
03:48

Rick Santorum's Senior Pandering
The Colbert ReportS8

During a Florida town hall meeting, Rick Santorum fails to correct an elderly woman claiming that Barack Obama is an avowed Muslim and a noncitizen.
01/24/2012
00:30

Intro - 1/24/12
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Stephen enters the world of children's literature, Rick Santorum takes fire from the Left, and Andrew Sullivan makes his seventh appearance on The Colbert Report.
01/24/2012
07:32

Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 1
The Colbert ReportS8

Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak contemplates the complexity of children and the simplicity of Newt Gingrich.
01/24/2012
06:19

Andrew Sullivan
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The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan analyzes the picture that GOP candidates have painted of Barack Obama and extolls the president's numerous achievements.
01/24/2012
00:06

Sign Off - Reading "Bumble-Ardy"
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Stephen says goodnight from behind Maurice Sendak's "Bumble-Ardy."
01/24/2012
00:08

Sign Off - Colonel Tuxedo's Cat Food
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Stephen cracks open a can of the premium cat-meat stew that he endorses in China.
01/25/2012
05:35

Terry Gross
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NPR host Terry Gross talks about her 25-year career in public radio and offers the inside scoop on her interviews with Grover Norquist and Bill O'Reilly.
01/25/2012
04:23

2012 State of the Union Address & GOP Rebuttals
The Colbert ReportS8

Once again, President Barack Obama ruins another perfectly good night of TV by addressing yet another joint session of Congress, and the GOP offers its rebuttals.
01/25/2012
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