Can Gephardt win without the black vote?

[Classical_Liberal]

Why did he refuse to support the Congressional Black Caucus when the objected to awarding Florida's electoral votes to Shrub.


http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:rdUZ-byHMaUJ:www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jan2001/cong-j08.pdf+Gephardt+Florida+congressional+black+caucus&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and other House
Democratic leaders tacitly sanctioned this arrangement, staying away
from the joint session and trying unsuccessfully to discourage any public
opposition from the black caucus to the certification of Bush's Electoral
College victory.
In their remarks on the floor of the House, several of the black
congressmen referred bitterly to the Democratic leadership's
opposition to any protest against the installation of Bush and the theft
of the presidential election, although such statements were cut short
by Vice President Gore, serving for the final time as presiding officer
of the Senate, who ruled that no speeches could be delivered by those
making objections.
“I don't care that it is not signed by a senator,” said Rep. Maxine
Waters of California as she handed in her written objection. “The chair
would advise that the rules do care,” Gore replied, triggering applause
by Republicans.
Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., a Chicago Democrat and son of
the civil rights leader, said, “It is a sad day in America when we can't
find a senator to sign the objection.” At one point, Jackson asked if any
senator in the chamber would step forward and sign his protest, but
none would