Harold Washington Party has to wake up

Because Carol Moseley Braun won the Democratic Party's nominationfor the U.S. Senate, a basic plank in the platform of the HaroldWashington Party has been rendered sawdust.

That piece of political lumber implied that African Americanscould not have their political needs met by either major party. Theleaders of the parties were deaf to their concerns.

Then came Braun to prove them wrong. An African American canwork and win within the structure of a major political party. Herplan was deliciously simple. She reached out to and listened to theconcerns of all the people of Illinois instead of a narrow segment ofthe population.

She never once lashed out and …