his likability. so white republican voters, likely vote ers love him. they think he's honest, has integrity. they think he represents their values. he also emerges as a kind of blackness that they can understand. and that they can like. he's a good black person who's over come the odds without relying on certain things. i think it's no accident that carson is emerging in popularity among white republican voters at the same time campus unrest, black lives matter, things like that are taking off in steam and success. >> it's been a hallmark of barack obama's political career, the desire on the part of political opponents to find a black adversary that can complete him. there was a moment when herman cain, people rallied around him. barack obama isn't on the ballot