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Adversity in party of diversity.
Byline: Dick Polman
Help wanted: Political party seeks black leader to run for president. Must have experience in elective office, preferably as a senator or governor, or a military leader; a proven ability to raise national money; a proven appeal to white voters; a scandal-free resume.
But the Democrats can't seem to find anyone who meets all those criteria. Instead, in the race for the 2004 presidential nomination, they have the Rev. Al Sharpton and former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. For many activists, both whites and blacks, that's a problem.
They're privately terrified that Sharpton, a civil-rights activist with a long history of racial polarization, will drive independent white suburbanites to the Republican Party. Sharpton scored poorly among whites in a 2000 national poll.
And Democratic activists don't see Moseley Braun as a model candidate, either, given that she was a one-term senator accused of ethical lapses and criticized for visiting a Nigerian dictator who committed human-rights abuses.
Skeptical Democrats acknowledge that Sharpton and Moseley Braun will raise issues of interest to minorities and women that otherwise might ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Neal August 11, 1995 700+ words
...favorably. Only 31 percent of white voters said that Moseley-Braun deserved re-election...chance." Forty percent of white voters have a favorable opinion...gave her a negative rating. Moseley-Braun, who is the first Chicago...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Neal December 10, 1996 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Neal June 12, 1995 700+ words
...matter of turf. That's Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun's take on the 1996 Democratic primary...Downstater, is retiring next year. Moseley-Braun is promoting the election of another...also backing Durbin as his successor. Moseley-Braun is endorsing Durbin today at a joint...
- Moseley-Braun named Education Department consultant.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Simon, Roger January 6, 1999 700+ words
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- Moseley-Braun Hitting Her Stride
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Steve Neal April 3, 1996 700+ words
...future is uncertain. But Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) knows what she wants. Moseley-Braun, 48, the first African-American...last month's Democratic primary. Moseley-Braun's early endorsement and her commercial...
- Some not sure Moseley-Braun should return.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Krol, Eric December 22, 2002 700+ words
...Democratic, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun appears likely to do what Al Gore opted...person she lost to last time. While Moseley-Braun will say only she plans to announce...joining the fray," said Billie Paige, Moseley- Braun's former chief of staff who is now...
- MOSELEY-BRAUN'S NIGERIAN TRIP ONLY HER LATEST STUMBLE.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) August 28, 1996 700+ words
Byline: MIKE ROYKO When Carol Moseley-Braun beat Illinois Sen. Alan Dixon, many...many triumphant female candidates was Moseley-Braun. She had come out of nowhere, a little...the feminist heroine Anita Hill. So Moseley-Braun's victory was hailed as an inspiring...
