One of the many surprises from Tuesday’s Primary night was an unheard of black candidate winning the South Carolina Democratic nomination for Senator.

Theroot.com has begun to unwrap what many would call the strange case of Alvin Greene:

Alvin Greene, a 32-year-old, unfunded, unemployed veteran who is black and lives with his mother in Manning, S.C., ran away with the Democratic nomination for the Senate in the Palmetto State last night. In the November general election, he will face first-term GOP incumbent Sen. Jim DeMint, who many expect to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

TheRoot.com Alvin Greene

Alvin Greene himself was able to put his win into historical perspective:

Greene, who is completely unknown to Democratic officials in South Carolina or anywhere, put his win in dramatic historical perspective: ”I want to thank all my supporters for making history in South Carolina,” he told the Greenville News. ”It’s been over 100 years since a black has won the nomination of a major party to the U.S. Senate from this state.”

However, I think this says a lot about Greene’s unlikely candidacy’s ability to succeed and the lack of Democratic machinery in South Carolina.

I’m kind of surprised (honest!) that Tea Party members would allow the more rowdy of their protesters anywhere near Democrats. When tempers flair near the end of a legislative “victory” for a partisan side, there is often little recourse other than engage in the worst of behaviors. Unfortunately for Tea Party Republicans, this allows Democrats to really shift the focus of the complaints about the bill to the behavior of the protesters. For example here’s some information from CNN.com

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, released a statement late Saturday saying he too was called the “N” word as he walked to the Capitol for a vote and that he was spat on by one protestor who was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police. Cleaver declined to press charges against the man, the statement said.

Protesters also hurled anti-gay comments at Rep. Barney Frank, D-Massachusetts, who is openly gay, as he left the same health care meeting that Lewis attended in a House office building.

A CNN producer overheard the word “faggot” yelled at Frank several times in the lobby of the Longworth building. Frank said he heard someone yell “homo” at him.

The house passed the 15 Billion Dollar Jobs bill that stemmed from the much-trimmed down bill stewarded by Harry Reid in the Senate.

It will be interesting to see if the Democrats are able to continue on the small bill strategy.

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