1. The Senator has been out of office since 1998. If she were a sucessful politican , she would still be in the Senate .
2. Sen. Moseley-Braun spent $6.7 million to win the Senate race in 1992, the Federal Election Commission opened an investigation into the finances of her campaign, which faced allegations of runaway spending. In addition to taking out a $10,000 loan to pay personal expenses, she and her campaign manager withdrew $69,000 on credit cards. An FEC audit ultimately concluded that her bookkeeping practices were sloppy , but did not levy a fine or penalty against her. Curious...
3. While a Sentator, she was famous for coddling African dictators most notably, Nigerian despot Sani Abacho (a real-life blood for oil story).
I have no faith that these issues will be raised by the press during Sen. Mosely-Braun's campaign.
jriemer
Richard Nixon lost the presidential race to JFK in 1960. Two years later he ran and lost for governor of California, and declared that he'd never run for office again. So he was a two-time loser, out of office for eight years, when he beat Hubert Humphrey for the presidency in 1968.
Not to say the Mosely-Braun has a snowball's chance in hell, but the mere fact she isn't a sitting senator wouldn't seem to be the determining factor.