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Braun's quiet campaign stirs questions, criticism
The former Illinois senator insists she is running to win, but some say her start is much too slow

By Jeff Zeleny and Dan Mihalopoulos, Tribune staff reporters. Jeff Zeleny reported from Des Moines and Dan Mihalopoulos reported from Chicago

May 19, 2003

DES MOINES -- When Carol Moseley Braun stepped off the stage at a weekend forum for Democratic presidential hopefuls here, her rival candidates fanned out across Iowa to meet the voters and political activists they must win over if they are to capture their party's White House nomination.

But Braun, the former Illinois senator, scheduled no such events. Shortly after the television cameras were turned off at the "Presidential Town Meeting," she and a lone volunteer drove back to Chicago.