a new candidate on the scene who was trailing dramatically secretary clinton in 2008 or then-senator clinton. so we have a long way to go in this campaign and a lot more introduction to make. as a guy who not only is a person that has come up in an 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.