Posted by
Bill Crawford on Sunday, June 20, 2010 8:45:01 PM
The guy appears out of nowhere? No, not really. There are lots of characters in the political world who live under the radar. No money, no followers, no press inquiries, but still out there, for one reason or another.
Alvin managed to come up with ten grand to get his name on the South Carolina Democrat Senatorial ballot. That shouldn't be a big deal on it's face, either- people who live under the radar often have money saved that nobody connects them with.
Now the concpiracy mongers come out in force. First, he was a Republican plant. Jon Stewart on The Daily Show picked this one apart pretty well ( http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-14-2010/alvin-greene-wins-south-carolina-primary ). The SC Democrats are scrambling to find a way to get this surprisingly stubborn black man to step aside, and are running into a wall. Their problem is that they think he is the wall. Au contraire, folks.
Alvin came out of nowhere and won the primary because it is a bad year for incumbents, Washington DC insiders and Democrats. He won because a majority of voters there were looking for "none of the above" on the ballot, and Mr. Greene was the closest thing to it they could find.