With Rick Santorum surging after wins in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries , Stephen Colbert examined the former Senator's appeal to voters on Wednesday night's "Colbert Report."

According to Colbert, Santorum's authenticity is why he resonates so well with conservatives. For example, the former Pennsylvania Senator believes that if you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off of a teleprompter, "because all you're doing is reading somebody else's words."