“Alvin Greene” on The Daily Caller

According to the latest Gallup 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll, the U.S. Congress ranks dead last out of the 16 institutions rated.  Only 11% percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in those who populate the institution, down from 17% in 2009 and a percentage point lower than the previous low (2008). (more)

Last summer at this time, South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene was a veritable nobody. Today, the unexpected, recently indicted, unemployed candidate for the world’s greatest deliberative body is a news media superstar, despite the bewildered mien — semi-reminiscent of the confused look The Daily Caller’s office dog, Charlie, gives when offered a stick of celery — Greene regularly displays when presented with questions of political significance such as the implications of “cap and trade” or “Middle East peace.” (more)

The man who shocked the political world by becoming a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate has been accused of using anti-gay and racial slurs. (more)

Recently, the millionaires’ club known as the US senate voted to cut off unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. One senator called unemployment insurance a “necessary evil”. (more)

Republican incumbent Jim DeMint remains far ahead of surprise Democratic nominee Alvin Greene in the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say longshot Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was kicked out of a South Carolina restaurant after his companion got into a fight with people eating there. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Longshot Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a teenage student in a South Carolina college computer lab. (more)

Obama White House hemorrhaging economic ‘experts’ — Senate Dems now bribing industrial farmers in order to save Blanche Lincoln
— Scottish doctor exaggerated Lockerbie bomber’s poor health — Back in Denver, teachers are probably burning Michael Bennett’s picture — Will Charlie Rangel be the only guest at Charlie Rangel’s birthday party?
– Tennessee gubernatorial candidate pledges to change the face of American politics  (more)

Some are just shocking, some are weird and others might actually win some votes. Of all the campaign videos released this week, here are some of our favorites here at The Daily Caller: (more)

When we learned last week that Alvin Greene’s nickname in high school was Turtle, we realized what a perfect moniker that was for him. Even years later, if you gave us a lineup of 100 politicians and told us to pick the one who was known as Turtle as a teenager, we would have no trouble singling out Alvin Greene. He’s just so … Turtle. But is it always so obvious? (more)

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Surprise U.S. Senate nominee Alvin Greene frequently mentions his 13 years of military service, but records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show that the veteran who has called himself an “American hero” was considered a lackluster service member at best. (more)

Some are just shocking, some are weird and others might actually win some votes. Of all the campaign videos released this week, here are some of our favorites here at The Daily Caller: (more)

Alvin Greene may be the end of democracy as we know it, or else he is a throwback to a time when America and its politics were simpler. (more)

MANNING, S.C. (AP) — In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice. (more)

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Alvin Greene action figures are here — thanks to a South Carolina minor league baseball team. (more)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene is making his first public speaking appearance in South Carolina since his unexpected Democratic nomination a month ago. (more)

As a result of the puzzling Senate nomination of Democrat Alvin Greene in South Carolina — an unemployed veteran who won his primary despite not spending a dime campaigning— the Green Party candidate in the race says he now has a unique shot to win over Democratic voters. (more)

(CNN) – The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating how Alvin Greene, an unemployed political newcomer who could not afford a lawyer when facing criminal charges last year, came up with the $10,440 needed to get his name on the Democratic Senate primary ballot. (more)

A telling story is unfolding in the Democrat Senate primary in South Carolina. This one might take the cake, even in a state affectionately known as “The Jerry Springer Show” of politics. (more)