Poor deluded decent guy—he won’t get the black solidarity vote, because he’d be running as a conservative, or a Republican. A tough climb, indeed.
He doesn’t have to get a large part of the black vote. Peel off 15% of it, and there will never be another Democrat president in our lifetimes.
Any conservative candidate needs Reagan's art of appearing congenial while eviscerating the media and his opponents, who will include a lot of the GOPe crowd..