african-american community, went to that black church and was raised in that black church and my mother teaching, but i've represented a majority black city for most of my career. more years as a mayor than even as a united states senator. so i feel that at a time where we have to understand that a key segment of the coalition that we need to win is going to be african-american voters, that the highest performing segment of our coalition is african-american women, we need to not only have a person that polls high in the african-american community but can energize that community in a dramatic way, in the way that obama was able to accomplish. i think i'm the best person to do that. >> speaking of obama, let's go back to him for a moment. when then senator barack obama was running for president, his critique was against george w. bush, so he was able to critique the previous republican president and launch himself into public prominence that way. you're now in the position of