AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
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 ...
- Heavy turnout not enough for Moseley-Braun to retain seat.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cawthon, Raad November 4, 1998 700+ words
...Chicago's west side, Moseley-Braun received 80 percent...compared with 1992, Moseley-Braun's support dropped...by 11 points among white voters, and by 18 points...the TV onslaught, Moseley-Braun in the closing weeks...
- Moseley-Braun named Education Department consultant.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Simon, Roger January 6, 1999 700+ words
WASHINGTON _ Former senator Carol Moseley-Braun, who persuaded President Clinton to...Secretary Richard Riley said Tuesday that Moseley-Braun will be responsible for outreach efforts...Washington, will pay $56.73 an hour. Moseley-Braun, defeated for re-election last November...
- Moseley-Braun cleared in embassy-staff ethics probe.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dorning, Mike August 31, 2000 700+ words
...Washington after accusing Ambassador Carol Moseley-Braun of ethics violations in hiring, procurement...to a letter the department sent to Moseley-Braun. A State Department official read...professional matters, have dogged Moseley-Braun since her first election campaign for...
- Stanford U.: Moseley Braun emphasizes the importance of individual action at...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 14, 2004 700+ words
...Wire) Byline: Melanie Corbett Carol Moseley Braun spoke to the Stanford University community...person to positively impact society. Moseley Braun is the Stanford in Government 2004...member of the Illinois Legislature, Moseley Braun carried her success in state politics...
- Moseley-Braun cleared in embassy-staff ethics probe.
- News wire article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 31, 2000 700+ words
...Washington after accusing Ambassador Carol Moseley-Braun of ethics violations in hiring, procurement...to a letter the department sent to Moseley-Braun. A State Department official read...professional matters, have dogged Moseley-Braun since her first election campaign for...
- Moseley-Braun to take a chance for second act on national stage.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mihalopoulos, Dan February 16, 2003 700+ words
...tenure in the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley-Braun relished telling close friends...voters rejected her re-election bid, Moseley-Braun is vying to prove that she at least...male and predominantly white. With Moseley-Braun set to formally launch her campaign...
- Moseley-Braun tests the waters in New Hampshire.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mihalopoulos, Dan February 16, 2003 700+ words
...primary, former Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois spoke out Sunday against...criticized President Bush's tax cuts. Moseley-Braun, who intends to formally join the...extremism and terrorism fester," Moseley-Braun said to applause that was more than...
- Moseley-Braun tests the waters in New Hampshire.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 16, 2003 700+ words
...primary, former Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois spoke out Sunday against...criticized President Bush's tax cuts. Moseley-Braun, who intends to formally join the...extremism and terrorism fester," Moseley-Braun said to applause that was more than...
- Former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun announces presidential bid.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mihalopoulos, Dan February 18, 2003 700+ words
...President" placards, former Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois officially announced her...sign off the White House door," Moseley-Braun said as she kicked off her campaign...with the Federal Election Committee. Moseley-Braun said she would formally join the otherwise...
- Moseley-Braun Joins Democratic Presidential Field.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 18, 2003 700+ words
...Bruce Spence Former senator Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, the only African American...Only sign off the White House door," Moseley-Braun said during a speech at her alma mater...audience to just one old college chum -- Moseley-Braun tore into the Bush administration on...
Source: HighBeam Research, Adversity in party of diversity.