'Where are all the black people?" You could have heard a pin drop.

When the first violinist takes the conductor's podium, a seat opens up in the orchestra. As Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel exit for D.C., the game of musical chairs begins.

'This is a time that even folks of my generation have never seen before," says Timuel Black.

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama isn't president yet, but Illinois' political class is already fired up over his replacement.