[Xantar]

I agree that the scenario being thrown around (Republican operatives boosted Alvin Greene in order to save DeMint's seat) is bogus. But I also find it hard to accept the result. He never campaigned, advertised, or so much as produced a lawn sign. His opponent was a state legislator who at least had the backing of the Democratic Party. And yet we are supposed to believe that over a hundred thousand people in South Carolina voted for Alvin Greene? I don't think anybody has even been able to find a voter who will admit to voting for him.

I'm going to go out on a limb and offer this theory: I think somebody tampered with the voting machines just to make a point about them. Most of the voting machines in South Carolina are electronic only and have no paper trail. I have been told by computer experts I know that many of these machines are simply running a modified version of Windows with Excel. It would be ludicrously easy to hack them. So I think somebody, not necessarily a Democrat or Republican, decided to mess with this race in order to demonstrate the fundamental problems with the system, creating a result that was clearly ludicrous and which would get people's attention. And he chose to use this race because, as Strangler has pointed out, the result won't actually make any difference.