Colbert for Senate?

UPDATE  Colbert pushing tonight.  Shows clip of Nikki Haley on show.  Reminds her he's conservative and has a Super Pac. And the Senate "needs another white guy."  Asks you to tweet @NikkiHaley with #SenatorColbert

Earlier:  Now's his chance and he doesn't even have to for the seat back in his native S. Carolina.   With Jim "Thin" DeMint stepping down, Gov. Nikki Haley gets to appoint a successor, with the frontrunner being black Tea Party fave Rep. Tim Scott.

But a Twitter feed @ColbertforSC pushing this very alt-idea has already sprung up and has 1600 followers already.  USA Today and the NY Post have already covered.  A Colbert publicist says he's "honored" by the idea and awaiting a call.   Remember, he nearly ran in the S. Carolina primary for president back in 2007.  From the Twitter feed:  "Waiting on your call, @nikkihaley. I'd like to get this wrapped up before dinner. Thanks."

Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books (see right rail of this blog).  His latest, on the Obama-Romney battle, is "Tricks, Lies, and Videotape."