a new politics out here. we're very proud of that, and we think that we really have something to build on for the future. >> well, he had credentials, very impressive credentials, but he didn't have community credibility. he was a nice fellow, and he's a very impressive individual, but i won. >> people say the one political misstep he made was running against bobby rush. there was a whole question of he couldn't really relate to the black community, wasn't black enough. did that raise any of these old struggles that he'd had even as a teenager as to who he was? >> right. he grew out of that. when you grow up and you become an adult, you realize that you are who you are, and people have to connect with that or not.