Every candidate is allied with at least one super PAC.

If Google really wanted to change the patent system, they should have spent that $12.5 billion on a super pac.

The super pac has launched its first "attack ad", buying spots in South Carolina.

The cash could even be placed into a former rival candidate's super pac, such as that which lobbies for Mitt Romney.

Stewart declared Colbert vice-president of youth outreach for the super pac.

Colbert has been using his super pac, launched in May 2011, to parody the electoral system's contradictions and potential conflicts of interest.

The super pac may eliminate any such financial concerns.

Colbert has not publicly revealed the amount raised from viewer contributions by the super pac, but on Thursday he repeatedly hinted that it was substantial.

It is the first such commercial launched by the official Romney campaign, rather than the super pac that supports him.

"Any money left in the super pac can be used for any lawful purpose," Potter explained, adding that it was a "peculiar" system.