Much has been written in the past few months about how Stephen Colbert has been masterfully insinuating himself into real life politics with his Super PAC. Well, it’s about time for politicians to use him in return. Nancy Pelosi herself is using Colbert as a poster child to promote her the DISCLOSE Act, a bill designed to combat the Super PAC-allowing Citizen’s United decision. What’s fascinating though is that Pelosi’s Colbert-centered campaign doesn’t just use the comedian’s image, it tries to get in on the joke as well.

On Thursday’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert reported that Newt Gingrich was playing Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger at his campaign events without the band’s permission prompting them to sue the former Speaker of the House. “The power anthem from Rocky 3…an obvious parallel for Newt. He’s an underdog, a born scrapper, and he’s fighting for the chance to be smacked around by a black guy!”

On Tuesday’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed the ever-enigmatic Icelandic performer Björk, who was promoting her new album Biophilia. The Nordic songstress astounded the late-night comedian with an iPad app that corresponded with the music from the album and her tales of elves. Colbert was particularly enchanted by her innovative utilization of the iPad, opining, “This album in particular isn’t just music, it’s got this graphic interface here!”

Earlier today, Herman Cain stopped by CNN to discuss his life post-candidacy and he was asked about one of his most headline-grabbing activities; his partnership with Stephen Colbert. CNN’s Kyra Phillips asked him if he was worried that Colbert was “using him for a punchline.” A thoughtful Cain responded that it was a “mutual use.”

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain enthusiastically tore into President Obama and his State of the Union address Tuesday night, calling the economy “anemic.” “With all due respect Mr. President, some of us are not stupid,” Cain exclaimed. “The state of the union is not good!”

It’s been a very, very wild ride for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich– one that began with what appeared to be a quixotic campaign against presumptive nominee Mitt Romney, took a nosedive when his campaign staff resigned en masse, peaked too early before Iowa, fell once again as the focus shifted to Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman, and here we are again, I guess it must be fate.

Herman Cain is on the ballot in South Carolina which, given that he dropped out of the race a long time ago, would usually not be much of an issue. But thanks to Stephen Colbert‘s endorsement, Cain is once again a player. Having been a former frontrunner in the Republican race, however, Cain found himself defending his appearance with Colbert from claims that the two were “trivializing the process,” and told Neil Cavuto today that he did it to court youth and college voters, and that Colbert was correct in pointing out that the “FEC rules are broken.”

During a segment on CNN’s Newsroom, anchor Brooke Baldwin was utterly flummoxed by the notion that college students were getting their news from Stephen Colbert and Comedy Central. “Hang on, hang on! I have to stop you. Look — you said this is where students are getting their news?!” Baldwin asked incredulously. “On Comedy Central?!”

The rally that Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain are currently holding in South Carolina, the “Rock Me Like a Herman Cain: South Cain-olina Primary Rally,” is one of the most awesomely bizarre things currently going on in the world of politics (especially when you consider how many times Cain cancelled appearing on just Colbert’s regular show). However, it makes sense. As Cain said at the beginning, “Stephen Colbert couldn’t get on the ballot. I couldn’t get off it.” It’s a perfect partnership!

Fortunately for those of us not in South Carolina, MSNBC has the rally streaming live on the Internet and you can watch it below.

Comedy Central host and presidential hopeful Stephen Colbert visited the Morning Joe crew in South Carolina Friday to discuss the GOP race, as well as his (and Herman Cain’s) efforts in the state.

Appearing at a Winthrop University panel Thursday, NBC analyst Chuck Todd ripped into Stephen Colbert and his not-yet-official run, suggesting that Colbert might have some ulterior motives in the way he’s almost throwing his hat into the GOP primary ring:

Stephen Colbert has been very concerned about going to jail since he decided to explore a run for President of the United States (of South Carolina), so much so that he gave his SuperPAC to Jon Stewart and, apparently in complete non-coordination with each other, Colbert SuperPAC is going after Stephen Colbert. This time, the pro-Herman Cain ad stars Samuel L. Jackson, and blasts Colbert for “turning our election into a circus.”

Thanks to South Carolina election law, Stephen Colbert — who polled at 5% among GOP candidates with likely voters last week — is unable to officially accrue any votes as a write-in candidate in the Palmetto state’s primary this Saturday. So Colbert hit on an unlikely strategy: tell people who support him to cast their vote for Herman Cain. And Cain, whose name remains on the ballot despite suspending his campaign in early December, is welcoming the effort with open arms:

Is Stephen Colbert‘s satirical presidential run in South Carolina a veiled slap at Mitt Romney? MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell spoke with former Clinton Administration staffer Robert Reich on The Last Call, and examined the mischievous late-night host’s modus operandi.

How Jon Stewart got chef Mario Batali to feed him an omelet “mother bird” style in order to make a statement about Stephen Colbert‘s SuperPAC, we may never know, but that it happened is a fact on film. The new president of Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow took to the stage today wearing a tiara and spending money on insane and useless things, much like other SuperPACs have done for candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, and was legally unable to tell Colbert anything about it.

Stephen Colbert wasn’t able to get his name on the ballot in South Carolina despite polling at around 5% (better than Jon Huntsman!) down there, mostly because he didn’t even try. This is a problem for the SuperPAC that has definitely nothing to do with him, but they found a solution: find another name on the ballot no one is actually campaigning under, and squish Colbert in there. To that end, here is an (Non-)ColbertPAC ad endorsing “Herman Cain.”

On CNN’s Reliable Sources today, Howard Kurtz examined the latest details in the story of comedian Stephen Colbert and his former Super PAC. Many would dismiss his intent to run for president as a joke, but Kurtz wondered if there was an element of journalism in Colbert’s methods, for by highlighting the absurdity of the Super PAC process on his show week after week, Colbert is bringing more attention to how the world of politics changed after the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

Stephen Colbert isn’t even a candidate for the presidency yet, and he’s already attracting more attention than actual candidates. The comedian has been riding high ever since announcing his intentions last Thursday to form an exploratory committee to run for the presidency in South Carolina, and on the heels of a new ad released by the Jon Stewart-helmed Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC released late last night, Colbert sat down with George Stephanopoulos to talk about his chances of actually getting on the ballot and the influence of Super PACs on the political process.

It’s been less than four days since Colbert Super PAC changed hands from comedian Stephen Colbert to his colleague Jon Stewart and was renamed the Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC. Political analysts were wondering how long it would take for the new PAC to start airing ads in South Carolina. Well, wonder no more, because a new ad from the PAC targets Mitt Romney over his “corporations are people” comment.

Last night’s O’Reilly Factor began with a question near and dear to the heart of anyone trying to follow the 2012 race for the White House: “is the presidential election a joke?” Bill O’Reilly did not mean it in a colloquial way, however, but in the sense that comedians and pop culture had just as much of an effect on voting than substantive issues. To that end, O’Reilly asked, how would the overwhelmingly liberal swing of the media affect the way people perceive 2012 candidates?

After discussing things over with his lawyer and former chairman of the FEC, Trevor Potter, Stephen Colbert transmorgified his Super PAC powers to Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart, and officially announced he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, “I’m doing It!”

According to New York Times reporter Brian Stelter, late-night host Stephen Colbert announced on his program that he is transfersing his super PAC to Jon Stewart.

On last night’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert got George Stephanopoulos to open up about how he got Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney to say that states have the constitutional right to outlaw contraceptives during Saturday night’s debate.

Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert was lamenting the fact that the GOP presidential race was already basically over with every candidate who wasn’t Mitt Romney already having had their fleeting moment in the spotlight. Why weren’t there any more “fresh faced” hopefuls out there? In the middle of his despair, though, he became aware of the fact that he himself was currently polling at 5% in South Carolina.

Clearly, this changes everything.

Public Policy Polling, spurred on by Stephen Colbert‘s efforts to sponsor the South Carolina primary, as well as attempts to get on the ballot and get behind a referendum about, “whether corporations are people or only people are people,” announced on Tuesday the results of polls it conducted with Colbert’s name and referendum in the mix.