"Base" ? When will people understand that the Democratic base is not just cultural elite latte liberals ? It is also minority voters for whom the 90's were economically the best of times ? Blacks don't like cultural elite latte liberals. They like someone who can walk into a church and not look like Margaret Mead in Samoa. Kerry never understood that.
Blacks will give Hillary overwhelming support and that will clinch the nomination.
Blacks are at best 20 percent of the democratic party and 12 percent of the population. The last time I looked it took more than 20 percent of the Democratic votes to win the nomination.
The other factor is black votes in the inner city are bought votes. Democrats give black preachers "walkin around money" to distribute in their effort to get out the votes.
The last time I checked out the Rev Al Sharpton and Rev Jesse Jackson crowd it had a lot more to do with who put up the most money than it did with who looked at ease coming into church.