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    Stephen Colbert wonders if he should run for president, promises big announcement (Video)

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    January 12, 2012

    by Emily Yahr

    Stephen Colbert is poised to make a major announcement on his late-night show Thursday — this comes after the comedian learned that he polled higher than Jon Huntsman in South Carolina.

    Of course, things could get complicated for the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” host, who already has a Federal Election Commission-approved Super PAC.

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    Emily Yahr Emily Yahr is an entertainment reporter for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2008 and has previously written for the Boston Globe, USA Today, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and the American Journalism Review. Follow
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