Alvin Greene, the Democratic nominee in for Senate.
Zero cash on hand.
Zero raised.
Unemployed.
Lives with his parents.
What?
Unemployed vet wins Senate Dem nomination
An unemployed military veteran has stunned South Carolina Democratic Party leaders by winning the nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Thirty-two-year-old Alvin Greene of Manning defeated 64-year-old Vic Rawl of Charleston in Tuesday’s primary. Rawl is a former judge and legislator, who had about $186,000 cash available and had already scheduled a fundraising event for Thursday.
Greene raised no money in the contest, had no signs and no website.
Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler says she hasn’t seen Greene since he filed to run. She says Greene will be a much weaker candidate than Rawl going into November against tea party favorite DeMint.
Heck, I can’t even find a picture of the guy!
Amazing.
Found this story about him. The guy won by 16 points!
Posted by vjp | Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 10:42 pmThat story confirmed what I was thinking….Maybe a little sunshine may flush out the real story. This sure sounds like a dirty trick of some sort. I don’t know if you’ll find any stories, but the Texas GOP allegedly used to get this guy named Gene Kelly to run for Senate (though he always denied he was a GOP plant). He won the Dem nod once and forced a runoff a second time. He never campaigned, and when he won the nomination he literally did nothing as the Dem nominee. Not one thing.
This sounds fishy…….
Posted by Ghost of Ted Dalton | Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 11:32 pmYup. I think we’re going to see that Greene was paid to do this.
Posted by MB | Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 10:32 amWell.
Posted by MB | Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 2:17 pmIt’s probably a revealing commentary on the value of a Democrat nomination for state-wide office in South Carolina: not much.
Posted by James Young | Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 12:44 am