Who is Alvin Greene?

I'm laughing. Hard.

Everybody is screaming in agony, who is Alvin Greene? Where did he come from? How did he win? And I'm just sitting back in my comfortable chair, sipping this fantastic glass of reisling amused by the circus which has descended upon good ol' South Carolina. We think of politics as this good ol boys club, in which people are groomed to be these great leaders, but in all actuallity the regular person has the ability to ascend to the top of the political spectrum. Case in point, Alvin Greene.

Raised by his father, "who wanted blacks to play a bigger role in politics and government," Greene graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in political science in 2000. (Big ups to all the political science majors) Being black and 32 years old as a senate nominee is unheard of today, but to be entirely sensationalistic its exciting. Alvin Michael Greene (born August 30, 1977) is the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina. He is the first African-American to be nominated for U.S. Senate by a major party in South Carolina. Greene faces incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint and Green Party candidate Tom Clements in the general election.
Greene won the Democratic primary race against candidate Vic Rawl on June 8, 2010, with 59% of the vote, despite very limited campaigning and campaign spending, no website, and no yard signs. The executive committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party voted 55 to 10 to reject Rawl's request for a new Senate primary after questions were raised about Greene's surprise victory. Haters exist, even in the politics. I'm not saying his primary win doesnt give me pause, but it happened and not we must move on. Republican plant...aye we'll see...

After Greene was declared the winner and after his opponent congratulated him on his win, officials in the Democratic party began to voice opposition and to raise questions about Greene and his campaign. South Carolina Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Fowler said she had not seen Greene since he filed to run. Clarendon County Democratic Party Chairman Cal Land told local newspaper The Item that local party leaders had not met Greene, that he had not attended any local Democratic events and had not responded to any invitations to local stump meetings. He did not attend the state Democratic party convention, did not file the form with the Secretary of the Senate and the legally required form for the Federal Election Commission, and attempted to pay his $10,400 filing fee with a personal check, rather than a check from a campaign account. Totally unconventional, but we'll see how things turn out.



Not the most eloquent, but hey we voted for Bush. Glad I live in Indiana.

Check out this fantastic grassroots campaign site:
Alvin Greene 2010