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Alvin Greene Running for Office Again

But this time for South Carolina rep

(Newser) - Everyone’s favorite mumbling unemployed Senate candidate is jumping back in the political arena, this time running for the more attainable post of South Carolina state representative. Alvin Greene has signed up to run in the special election for state Rep. Cathy Harvin’s seat, paying his $165 entry fee...

Sanford Leaves Office Saying, 'Never Say Never'

Fallen conservative rock star considers the next chapter

(Newser) - Mark Sanford leaves the South Carolina governor's mansion next week a 50-year-old divorcee whose adultery ground his race toward political rock stardom to a screeching, sobbing halt. But though he's free to head out on the Appalachian trail for real this time, the AP notes in an exit interview that...

Note to Rand: How Do You Spell C-o-m-p-r-o-m-i-s-e?

Battle for Tea Party soul will pit extremists against pragmatists in DC

(Newser) - Eyeglass-doctor-turned-Kentucky-senator Rand Paul faces a massive learning curve in a complicated arena where compromise and strategy is the name of the game, note the Christian Science Monitor . Paul is perhaps the Tea Party's most fervent idealog of any of last night's victors. He doesn't have much of a chance of...

Blogger Swears to Nikki Haley Affair in Affidavit

Alleged lobbyist lover says he'll follow suit; Haley denies everything

(Newser) - Conservative blogger Will Folks is sticking to his guns about his alleged affair with Nikki Haley, giving a sworn affidavit in which he says he had “romantic encounters” with the would-be governor in his apartment, her Statehouse office, and her Cadillac. “Rep. Haley specifically requested that I notify...

Celebrity Chef Stirs Up SC Senate Race

Candidate Dupree says she'll cook Republican's goose

(Newser) - South Carolina's lopsided Senate race is getting spicier. Celebrity Charleston chef and cookbook author Nathalie Dupree is getting out of the kitchen to run as a write-in candidate. Dupree says she doesn't believe anybody else will challenge incumbent Republican Jim DeMint, whom she accuses of spending more time aiding Tea...

Killer Mom Was Angry About Baths

Flew into a 'rage' just hours before alleged murders

(Newser) - Shaquan Duley, the South Carolina mother who admitted last month to smothering her two children, was in a “rage” just hours before because her sister bathed the two boys without permission. Duley’s two sons were found dead in a car submerged in the river, and she is now...

Cops Order Alvin Greene to Leave Restaurant

His female friend fought with patrons

(Newser) - The strange candidacy of Alvin Greene takes another turn: Cops in South Carolina had to kick the Senate hopeful out of a restaurant after his female companion began arguing with patrons, reports the AP . Greene had originally been invited to the restaurant to speak to local Democrats, but they rescinded...

Mom Admits Suffocating Her 2 Toddlers
Mom Admits Suffocating
Her 2 Toddlers
Aug 17, 2010 12:33 PM CDT

Mom Admits Suffocating Her 2 Toddlers

Unemployed woman felt she had no way to support them

(Newser) - A South Carolina mother has admitted to smothering her two toddler sons, saying she didn’t think she could support them, according to police. The bodies were found in a car submerged in a river, but the woman, 29-year-old Shaquan Duley, allegedly told police that they were dead before she...

Greene's Indicted, but Not Disqualified

Apparently giving porn to a college kid doesn't preclude one from being a senator

(Newser) - Alvin Greene may have no campaign cash, have difficulty articulating his platform, have a penchant for posting the worst campaign videos ever, and may be facing a felony porn charge, but little details like that won't stop him from being the Democratic candidate for South Carolina's Senate seat. Greene meets...

Alvin Greene Indicted on Porn Charge

Weird Democratic candidate faces felony charge

(Newser) - Longshot US Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted today on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student. A Richland County grand jury indicted Green for disseminating, procuring, or promoting obscenity—a felony—as well as a misdemeanor charge of communicating obscene materials...

SC Cop Fired After Breaking Handcuffed Inmate's Leg

Hit unresisting prisoner 27 times with baton

(Newser) - Generally if you're a cop, hitting an unresisting prisoner's leg with your baton—even pausing to get a bigger baton—27 times until it breaks isn't the best career move, to say the least. Especially if you do it on videotape. South Carolina deputy Oddie Tribble has been relieved of...

GOP Becoming a Party of 'Crackpots'

A good man goes down because he doesn't hate Obama enough

(Newser) - The Republican Party, once a great, intelligent institution, has been “hijacked by hustlers and extremists” out to destroy not only President Obama, but many in its own ranks, writes Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News . Lupica is furious over South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis’ primary loss to...

Nikki Haley Can't Seem to Pay Taxes on Time

 Nikki Haley 
 Can't Seem 
 to Pay Taxes 
 on Time 
$4500 in late fines
Aug 5, 2010 6:45 AM CDT

Nikki Haley Can't Seem to Pay Taxes on Time

Filing some 14 months late, twice, cost her $4,500

(Newser) - Seems Wyclef Jean isn't the only would-be pol with a little trouble remembering the special meaning that April 15 holds. Nikki Haley has been fined nearly $4,500 for not paying her income taxes on time, tax records show. And she was more than a day late: South Carolina's GOP...

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video
 Alvin Greene Has a Music Video 
'he's unemployed, too'
Jul 23, 2010 10:48 AM CDT

Alvin Greene Has a Music Video

Senate candidate from South Carolina releases video so amazing it hurts

(Newser) - Alvin Greene has just launched his first campaign video, and it is priceless. Titled "Alvin Greene Is on the Scene," the video features a dopey hip-hop mix, with some choice lyrics like, "Well Greene's a new face in politics / And he don't show porno to college...

He's the Real Forrest Gump
 He's the Real Forrest Gump 
kathleen parker
Jul 21, 2010 1:55 PM CDT

He's the Real Forrest Gump

GOP can't complain if Alvin Greene somehow wins

(Newser) - "Joe the Plumber, meet Alvin the Gump." So writes Kathleen Parker, who sees parallels between South Carolina's Alvin Greene and Forrest Gump (as well as Chauncey the Gardner from Being There). No one can quite believe that Greene became the Democratic candidate for Senate on his own, with...

Palin-Backed Georgia Guv Candidate Leads Primary

Endorsement boosts Karen Handel to first place

(Newser) - An endorsement by Sarah Palin helped push candidate Karen Handel to first place in yesterday's Georgia gubernatorial GOP primary. Handel, who trailed in opinion polls before getting Palin's stamp of approval earlier this month, led with 34% of the vote, and is headed into a runoff against Nathan Deal, who...

Alvin Greene Action Figures Arrive!

Sort of: SC baseball team takes shortcut for stunt

(Newser) - Surprise Senate candidate Alvin Greene made headlines a while back for floating the idea of making action figures of himself as a way to create jobs. A minor league baseball team in South Carolina heard the idea and is beating him to the punch, reports AP . On Saturday, the Charleston...

Jim DeMint Could Destroy the GOP
Jim DeMint Could Destroy the GOP
Analysis
Jul 13, 2010 11:37 AM CDT

Jim DeMint Could Destroy the GOP

Democrats love his with-us-or-against-us conservatism

(Newser) - Jim DeMint might just be the Democrats’ secret weapon. For starters, the senator from South Carolina is making good on his declaration that he’d rather have “30 Republicans in the Senate who believe in principles of freedom than 60 who don’t,” endorsing lots of far-right candidates...

Alvin Greene Pitches Alvin Greene Dolls

Senate candidate says idea could create jobs

(Newser) - A reporter for Britain's Guardian newspaper visited Alvin Greene in South Carolina and left "as baffled as when I arrived" about the Senate candidate. One snippet in particular is drawing the most attention, and ridicule, for the political novice: Greene said one way he could create jobs as senator...

Alvin Greene Profile: We Still Don't Know Much

Family and friends say he's smart, shy, and 'hard-headed'

(Newser) - The AP visited South Carolina and the home of Alvin Greene to try to shed light on the surprise Senate candidate. We learn ... not much, because Greene was less than forthcoming, at one point ordering a reporter ouf of the house he shares with his ailing father with a gruff,...

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