C'mon... we know the real reason Emmitt and other erstwhile conservative blacks backed Obama. And if he jumped to the GOP side, he'd be seen as a traitor by other blacks.
I'd disagree. If McCain's and Obama's party affiliations and ideologies had been reversed, Obama would have won 10% of the black vote. Party trumps everything, especially when the party concerned is an advocate of freebies and racial preferences for blacks. Smith has a couple of kids. The current system lets them get into good schools and obtain no-show jobs like the ones Michelle and Barack have hogged their entire lives. By opposing racial preferences, the GOP would make it harder for them to do so.