All those hand-wringers out there who’ve been vexed and perplexed by Stephen Colbert’s presidential campaign might be heartened to hear that the South Carolina Democratic Party — “a shadowy organization whose rituals are shrouded in mystery,” says Colbert — has thrown a major wrench into the works.

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