. >> question, why do velma and people like her feel helpless why the political and business elite thinkverything is coming up roses? i ask you. >> that exchange was absolutely extraordinary. particularly if you -- people don't like to talk about it. but if you look at the aspect in race in this. people went into 2008 believing that african americans supported barack obama simply because he was black and people have always assumed going into 2012, he's going to get 100% of the black vote. for an african american woman to question the first african american president what is happening within her family, not just as a black family, but in terms of all americans and the fact that the unemployment rate for the majority of the country is hovering around 10% and the african american community is 17%. it makes me wonder what is happening with barack obama within the black community and what is his support going to look like in 2012? you don't have a lot of people talking about it, but that is critical. >> i think the black community should be proud of this kind of reaction of this black woman.