his one-person campaign out the back door. now greene had told cnn that the speech would run 20 minutes. it lasted closer to seven. he has said that he will give interviews and more speeches in the future, but he was not available at any point yesterday. we tried several times to answer our questions. john. >> he seemed to be fairly general on the issues, so what was it that people liked about him and what do you think his chances will be in november? >> reporter: people in my view liked the fact that he is being criticized so roundly and stood up and spoke and faced the public. there was the introductory speaker really rallied the community saying he is one of our hometown people, and he is being pillaried by the world and let's get behind him. his chances? it would be a stretch to think that any democrat in the state could beat jim demint right now. but as one person in the audience said, look at alvin greene's already done, he