Type of organization: Super PAC

Supports candidate: Herman Cain

Founded: June 30, 2011

Website: www.colbertsuperpac.com

Social media: Facebook page, Twitter profile

Principals:

• Stephen Colbert (president): Comedian and pundit Colbert founded Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow to educate the American public
• Shauna Polk (treasurer)

Profile:

Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow is Colbert’s latest attempt to combine comedy with politics. His previous endeavors included a 2008 run for president and the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, which he and fellow comedian Jon Stewart hosted in Washington, D.C., in October 2010.

Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow continued to endorse Herman Cain for president via Twitter and several advertising spots through mid January, though Cain suspended his campaign on Nov. 30.

In a press release announcing that it had filed with the FEC, Colbert notes, “We raised [the money] on my show and used it to materially influence the elections — in full accordance with the law. It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country."

In its initial filing with the FEC, the group reported raising more than $1 million. In the cover letter, Colbert makes reference to the Jay-Z song “99 Problems,” stating, “Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I'm rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one!'' Since then, Colbert has continued to use the group to highlight and mock the campaign finance system.

Despite the super PACs satirical underpinnings, it has managed to keep more cash on hand than the pro-Ron Paul Endorse Liberty, according to ABC News.

Most recently, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow has been spending its funds to disperse 1,000 "super fun packs." The $99 kits will help college students form their own super PACs and "get their political voices heard on a national stage, not just at Thanksgiving Dinner where they get in a shouting match with Uncle Jack that makes Aunt Noreen cry." 

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• The group’s advertisements can be found here.

Last updated: May 21, 2012