Why Majette wanted to make a suicidal run for the Senate I'll never know, but as soon as she got in Congress she showed her true colors. A bunch of freepers had heaped praise on the women and called her a conservative Democrat, and she turned out to be just as liberal as McKinney in her voting record, the only difference is that she wasn't a ranting nutcase that embarrasses the Dems the way McKinney does.
I would love to see McKinney win the primary and some disgruntled Dem run a third party bid against her. That would pave the way for GOP nominee Catherine Davis (who, unlike Majette is black AND conservative) to win the seat. I doubt it will ever happen though.
Be careful what you wish for. Illinois had it's own smooth-talking "Denise Majette" lose the the Dem Congressional primary against the "more radical" black panther Bobby Rush in a safe Dem district. The "loser" built up big name ID and used it to make a "comeback" two years later in a Senate bid. The GOP candidate withdrew and the ILGOP imploded. The ex-Congressional candidate won in a cakewalk. His name? Barack Obama.
I'm going to make a prediction: Barack Obama will turn out to be the biggest media-puffed-up paper tiger in the history of politics, at least as it goes outside of Illinois.
He will not win in an open Prez primary, and barring a Democratic tsunami that year, he will not be carried in as Veep.
How deluded. Dems actually think Americans will elect someone named BARAK OBAMA. That wont happen for many, many years to come.