Problem was, the Democrats never accepted the Black Middle Class.  Look at those kids that went to the White House w/TurningPoint.  400 mostly college age black conservatives.  Those people grew up in the suburbs w/2 parents, 2 cars, 3 TVs and swimming pool. They have ZERO in common with the black ig'nants that the Democrat party uses for their rhetoric.  And although the DNC is glad to elevate a few here and there for optics, they will NEVER have a voice because the DNC is afraid they will take over.  So they were just pretty much screwed. They look across the aisle, RNC says - hey, you're American, you're educated, you work hard, you speak english - come'on over. DNC will still get the ig'nants in the cities, but they have all but lost the black middle/upper class.