Democrat Senate nominee Alvin Greene puts out feelers for possible presidential run

Never a dull moment in SC politics:

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.

Heh.

Sad thing is, considering the state of mind of South Carolina Democrats these days, I wouldn’t be surprised – if he ran – that they voted for him again.

Think I’m kidding? Close to 365,000 people in SC (presumably 99% of that vote was from Democrats) voted for him in the general election last week. That’s more votes than Senate Majority Harry Reid got in Nevada.

Crazy.

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