Carol Moseley Braun - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Carol Moseley Braun Index / People Transcripts Martin Nesbitt ...that he thought had to happen was, Carol Moseley Braun had to say that she wasn't going to ru... ...one, and the first one was, he said, “ Carol Moseley Braun can't run. If she runs, I can't win... ...first thing that has to happen is that Carol Moseley Braun can't run.” I said, “Okay.” Then, tha... ...Meet the Press or something, and Carol Moseley Braun says, “I'm running for president.” An... David Axelrod ...an African American senator in 1992, Carol Moseley Braun , so it wasn't new. But we thought tha... ...same. And he laid the groundwork for Carol Moseley Braun later to get elected to the Senate, fo... ...that was meant to help Bill Clinton and Carol Moseley Braun win the general election. At that time... ...there was one big reason, which is that Carol Moseley Braun was thinking about a comeback. And ha... ...I thought he could win that primary, if Carol Moseley Braun didn't win. You know, Black communit... ...with the vote of liberals—that's how Carol Moseley Braun won in 1992. And there were seve... Show more... Pete Rouse ...office to which he'd just been elected? Carol Moseley Braun preceded him, and she was an Africa... Mandy Carter ...be a US senator from Illinois following Carol Moseley Braun , when you think about the first Blac... Ta-Nehisi Coates ...was a big deal. There had been only Carol Moseley Braun and Edward Brooke. Those had been th... John Rogers ...set the stage for Harold Washington and Carol Moseley Braun and what came from there. Yes. Than... ...And then it wasn't too long after that Carol Moseley Braun tapped into a portion of that wealt... ...than Barack and I'd been involved with Carol Moseley Braun 's campaign. I'd been finance chairma... ...campaign. I'd been finance chairman for Carol Moseley Braun . I'd been one of Rich Daley's financ... ...at this point because you mentioned Carol Moseley Braun and you mentioned Richard Daley. An... ...that's why it's not a coincidence that Carol Moseley Braun and Harold Washington and Barack Obam... Show more... Newton Minow ...least two whites. That's how Carol [E.] Moseley Braun won. That's the only way you could d... Toni Preckwinkle ...following the election of Carol [E.] Moseley Braun , of course, who was a neighbor in Hyd... ...a small thing, either. You brought up Senator Braun , and I realize we really should hav... ...that if it were the case that former Senator Braun had run to get back her Senate seat... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the Science Science