And he seemed genuinely sympathetic when Marjorie Clifton, a Democratic strategist sharing the segment with him, began to cry.
And he acknowledged that the trip might afford some political benefit to a candidate running for office in New York, where Jewish voters make up a large segment of Democratic primary voters.
They signalled to other Democrats, Hillary Clinton included, that the political center of gravity has shifted, and that a significant segment of Democratic voters won't suffer gladly a return to the timid, pro-corporate policies of the Clinton years, which Cuomo represents.
That speech was almost entirely about herself -- her commitment to public service, her stance on issues, her claim that she won more votes than Obama, and the implication that she represented a large segment of Democratic voters that Obama would need to win in November.
Democratic strategists have been segmenting the electorate and seeking individual self-interest-based issues in each electoral block.
The more onerous aspects of Jim Crow conspired to obscure a reality key to understanding Barack Obama's complicated relationship to black America: simply put, the colored section was far more democratic than the ostensibly free segments of America because virtually any tincture of black ancestry was sufficient to gain admission.
2. The more onerous aspects of Jim Crow conspired to obscure a reality key to understanding Barack Obama's complicated relationship to black America: simply put, the colored section was far more democratic than the ostensibly free segments of America because virtually any tincture of black ancestry was sufficient to gain admission.
Black voters overwhelmingly supported Mr. Obama, suggesting an end to a period in which Mrs. Clinton could remain competitive with Mr. Obama for the support of that segment of the Democratic electorate.
Yes, he's drawing huge crowds, and has captivated the white liberal segment of the Democratic vote with his platform of a single-payer healthcare system, a crackdown on Wall Street and free university tuition for all.
In recent weeks, the battleground for the Senate seat was concentrated in Prince George's and Baltimore, home to large communities of African American voters, an important segment of the Democratic coalition.
