Former Senate Candidate Alvin Greene No Longer Running For President

November 12, 2011

Darn it.

dailycaller

Republican presidential candidates can now breathe a sigh of relief. Former South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene is no longer running for president.

Following his headline-grabbing campaign for office in 2010 as the Democratic nominee for Senate, Greene told reporters he would seek the Republican nomination for president.

“I’m running for president of the United States.” Greene said that November. “I’m the greatest person ever. I was born to be president. I’m the man.”

“We will have a Greene/Obama showdown in 2012,” he promised The Daily Caller. “It will be a political heavyweight boxing match.” He cited the economic recession as one of the primary issues he would address, saying, “This past election they re-elected the people that started the recession.”

Contacted by TheDC on Friday, however, Greene said that he would not be running in the upcoming election. “No,” he firmly said.

It is likely too late for Greene to change his mind, as the South Carolina filing deadline — November 1 — has already passed. To have appeared on the state’s ballot, he would have needed to pay a $35,000 filing fee.

Greene told TheDC, “I am neutral on the other candidates,” indicating that he would not be offering his endorsement.
Flashback 2010: Comedy gold. Alvin Greene in an interview on MSNBC with Lawrence O'Donnell kept saying 'Jim DeMint started the recession' no matter what the question was from O'Donnell



Odd Lawrence O'Donnell interview with Alvin Greene, the Democratic Senate candidate for the Democratic party, who will face off against Jim DeMint in November 2010.