You are either unwilling or unable to distinguish between the pundit class of blacks & regular black people (who supported Obama to the tune of around 98%). There was no big debate among non-pundit blacks. He was black to them, & certainly black compared to Hillary. The black community couldn’t care less about Sharpton’s navel gazing; they grasped which candidate looked more like them.
As to the Pfleger rant/video, you seem—& it’s not too harsh a word—clueless. Have you really no idea what it does to the black psyche, to tell them that an ‘entitled’ white woman is trying to screw over an uppity black man? After Pfleger made that case & it went viral, Obama cleared the field. If you had any genuine black friends you cd ask them & they wd tell you. Pfleger was a game changer.
Hillary couldn’t do much of anything after that w’out being perceived as a racist. Obama came right out & called BJ Clinton a racist, just to underscore the point. Do you think blacks reacted by thinking Obama should have been more circumspect w his accusations? If so, you’re hopelessly out of touch. The black community was not in criticize-Obama-mode; they were in so-the-Clintons-are-not-the-friends-we-thought-they-were mode.
Here’s a link to give you a sense of Pfleger’s status in the black community. There’s plenty more where this one came from; finding black accolades for Pfleger is an embarrassment of riches quest:
http://www.ebony.com/news-views/enough-father-michael-pfleger-993#axzz2RbVYFSAf
I respectfully disagree. Many black people were very loyal and supportive of the Clintons. I heard many average, every day black people who were supporting Hillary. At a certain point, when it appeared likely that Obama could win, a lot of Democrats, including some black people, switched to Obama. By November 2007, Hillary had a 24% lead over Obama among black voters, which rose from a 17% lead among black voters 6 months earlier. Obama won Iowa by white voters, and caucus organization. After he built up a head of steam, black voters started switching to him. Does it bother you?