Colbert officially withdraws Presidential bid; Obama supporters pressured South Carolina
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Two prominent South Carolina supporters of Barack Obama pressured the state Democratic council to keep Stephen Colbert off the primary ballot. The Council voted 13-3 last week against Colbert's placement on the ballot.
According to an anonymous member of the council who felt pressured, one of those people was State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum, who...