Alvin Greene mulls presidential bid

[Turborama]

Source: Politico

Updated: 11/9/10 7:35 PM EST

Alvin Greene might run for president.

Greene, the unlikely Democratic Senate nominee in South Carolina who lost overwhelmingly to Republican Sen. Jim DeMint last week, called the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to ask how much it would cost to run for president.

“Maybe. I’ll have to see,” Greene told POLITICO when asked whether he was considering filing to run for president. He confirmed that he called the state party Tuesday to ask about the fee. The state party’s spokeswoman, Keiana Page, confirmed that someone called the party Tuesday asking about the presidential filing fee but said that the caller did not identify himself.

In 2008, South Carolina’s presidential filing fee for candidates was $2,500. Page said the state has yet to set its fee for the upcoming 2012 contest.

That explains why Greene wasn’t sure how much it would set him back to run: He asked POLITICO about how much the fee would be.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44895.html

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This is not The Onion. I repeat, this is not The Onion.

:rofl:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. I trust him more than some of these other clowns, even some claiming to be on our side

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[boomerbust]

2. The first Puma candidate

Steps up to the plate.

[ingac70]

3. +1

[karynnj]

7. Wouldn't call him a PUMA candidate - just a very very deluded person

[orbitalman]

4. Put this SOB to bed.

This is how Palin, et al become popular and are sustained in the media in front of the people despite their lack of intellect or experienece. :rofl: :sarcasm:

[Pab Sungenis]

5. I really do want to see him run

just to watch him get invited to the debates.

Maybe not as much fun as the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, but certainly funnier than "Two And A Half Men."

[flamingdem]

18. I like when he says over and over "Jim DeMint started the recession"

His IQ may be limited but at least he's a Dem!

[MattyGroves]

6. Looks like the Dems now have their version of "Christine O'Donnell"

About as dim and he appears to see running for political office as an alternative to holding a real job.

[littlewolf]

8. lol ... you are correct ....

[blindpig]

9. He's probably less dangerous than our professional pols.

He's got my vote.

[newfie11]

10. LOLLOL LOL LOL n/t

[dgibby]

11. Hopefully, he'll be a convicted sex offender

and we won't have to worry about that. He's already indicted.

As a resident of SC, I find nothing the least bit funny about this. We had a good Dem in the primary who could have given DeMint trouble, forcing him to spend money and at least debate the issues.

It never ceases to amaze how some think this is just a big joke. I doubt that they'd find it so entertaining if their voting choice for US Senator would be between an unknown, seriously troubled, indicted felon and Jim DeMint.

And despite the "findings" of a republican inquiry that there was no evidence of voting irregularity, there is no way a completely unknown individual who did not campaign could have beaten a well-known Dem. who campaigned across the state.

If this had happened in any other state except SC, the same people who think this is just a big joke would be outraged.

[Turborama]

13. I didn't mean to offend you

I took what happened in SC extremely seriously as I don't think everything was as it seemed. I guess what I found 'funny' was how surreal politics has become and that he didn't get the message the 1st time.

Reflecting on it though, it might not even be him who's actually 'mulling' it. It could still be part of the long game being played by whomever was behind his original "win".

[dgibby]

17. Thanks.

I know you didn't, and it's the theatre of the absurd. Usually, I have a wicked sense of humor, but this left the Dems in SC(an endangered species, I might add) disenfranchised when it came to the Senate. There was no way I could vote for either one of them, and Vic Rawl was a good candidate.

I think Greene has been, and is being, manipulated, which I find sad and cruel, considering his obvious problems, and I agree this might be a continuation of the "game".

Oh, well, I'll be moving to Va soon and get to face a whole new set of repuke dirty tricks. How lucky can one person get?

[AndrewP]

16. Agreed

It's just another thing to waste time. Time that we don't have.

[Brewman_Jax]

12. Please, no more deluded space cases in the White House

It'll take decades to fix the damage caused by the Alzheimer's-ailing Reagan and drunken idiot fratboy GW Bush*. On a more telling note, does he think that a black man with less-than-pristine credentials is going to taken seriously as a candidate? I think not.

[lib2DaBone]

14. I would have to say he is heads and shoulders better than most politicians...

[Blue_Tires]

15. his republican paymasters will cover that bill for him...