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1/16/2003 09:04:00 PM | Timothy Killing Two Birds With One Stone....The Democrat's Karl Rove? Democratic strategist Donna Brazile has apparently been hard at work trying to thwart Al Sharpton's presidential bid. A month or two ago, I read how she was considering trying to recruit 'favorite son' (presumably Black) candidates in states where there were large African-American populations, presumably in order to draw votes away from Sharpton, and also to supposedly increase Blacks' delegate power at the national convention. That was an interesting idea, but it seems unworkable and hasn't really gone anywhere. So Sharpton remains a problem in the view of the party hierarchy (Brazile is African-American, for those of you who haven't seen her on CNN-- I'd like to see a white democratic strategist try to get away with this!) One other problem that the Democrats have faced is winning back a Senate seat in Illinois. But former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun has been making murmers about entering the race, likely resulting in a bloody primary. The potential solution to both these problems? Yep, have Carol Moseley-Braun run for President! From ABC's The Note (I include this because it is hard to link to): According to one Democratic source who reached us RIGHT on deadline this morning (so more reporting needs to be done), former Senator Carol Moseley Braun talked by phone last night to DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who seems to have been on his cell phone at Café Milano in Georgetown, where he ran into some of America's Leading Political Reporters. In any event, per this one Golden Source, Moseley Braun told McAuliffe that she was planning to soon announce that she is NOT running for the Illinois US Senate seat, but that she just might want one of those presidential candidate slots at the upcoming DNC meeting in DC. If all of this is true, we wonder 1) what Al Sharpton thinks of this?; 2) what Donna Brazile thinks of this?; and 3) what Donna Brazile has to do with this? And we'll be making those calls shortly, after we finish this Note. UPDATE: The favorite son idea might not be dead as I thought. Congressman Jim Clyburn from South Carolina is thinking about running, and one elected official who supports Kerry has said if Clyburn ran he would have to endorse Clyburn. Do any of you guys have general impressions of Sharpton's run and its effects on the race and the Democratic Party? perma link |
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