(CNN) – No balloons. No banners. No cheering crowd. No need for a victory speech to a throng of adoring and loyal supporters.
As he sat in a prison cell in Texas, Keith Judd, inmate # 11593-051, was winning 40% of the vote in the West Virginia Democratic primary last week amid whatever fanfare one could receive in such a place.
Judd, whose name appeared opposite incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama, was pleasantly surprised.
“It’s about time,’ he said. “The message is out there.”
In a phone interview with CNN from prison, Judd explained his message is all about the economy and what he calls basic economic problems.
“The poor and middle class are being controlled by the wealthy. It’s like Monopoly,” he said. “When one person gets all the money, the game is over.”
It could be argued that Judd’s game for the presidency is already over. He’s serving a 210-month prison sentence with an expected release date of June 2013. An earlier release date is a possibility, but even with that, Judd’s next stop would be a half-way house in Midland, Texas, not the White House.
Judd is not a novice to presidential aspirations. A 2008 attempt to get his name on the ballot in several states failed so he tried again this presidential cycle. He said his political movement represents the people who are tired of lying politicians, and people who want to see their country run by the people.
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