McCain received 4 % of the black vote . CNN / Wall Street Journal poll found black support at 50 % for Mitt Romney . Sherrilyn Smith : Black voters see GOP treatment of Obama as an attack on racial dignity . Ifill : Tipping point was a GOP lawmaker heckling the president during a campaign speech . The result could be a more covertly racial GOP campaign to gain white male voters , she says .
CNN / Wall Street Journal poll found black support at 50 % for Mitt Romney . Sherrilyn Smith : Black voters see GOP treatment of Obama as an attack on racial dignity . Ifill : Tipping point was a GOP lawmaker heckling the president during a campaign speech . The result could be a more covertly racial GOP campaign to gain white male voters , she says .