South Carolina, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History South Carolina, United States Index / Locations Transcripts David Axelrod ...were another—our first debate was in South Carolina . He had a hard time with th... ...was a pivotal one, also in South Carolina , I think, that YouTube sponsored, i... ...We auditioned a longer version of it in South Carolina about ten days before the J-J Dinner... ...we can pick up with New Hampshire and South Carolina next time. Yes, yes. I'll try an... ...wanted to talk about New Hampshire and South Carolina and a few of the other primary races... ...ask you about Mrs. Obama's role in the South Carolina primary. Before you get there, can ... ...about Mrs. Obama in the context of the South Carolina primary. You once said, “It wasn't lik... ...trail. We asked her to be out there. In South Carolina , in particular, it made a lot of sens... ...how important was Mrs. Obama in winning South Carolina ? I think she was very important. ... ...more delegates. But had we not won the South Carolina primary, that would have been a ver... ...that. Sixty percent of the vote in South Carolina is African American, and it wa... ...and the Clinton campaign changed after South Carolina ? Well, it changed going into Sout... ...Carolina? Well, it changed going into South Carolina . When we arrived in South Carolina fo... ...into South Carolina. When we arrived in South Carolina for the final week, we had a debate i... ...think he was saying that Black folks in South Carolina needed to see that he could stand up t... ...Bill Clinton became her surrogate in South Carolina . The president is kind to Presiden... ...described about the Clinton campaign in South Carolina , helpful to Senator Obama? No, ... ...the speech where a congressman from South Carolina stood up and accused Obama of lying... ...course. New Hampshire dealt a blow, and South Carolina recovered that. I think the las... Show more... Avelino Halagao ...Hampshire shortly after that. He won South Carolina . And I think just shortly after, ... Gregory Craig ...a [Democratic presidential] debate in South Carolina , where Obama says, I guess in respons... ...North Carolina—no, it was after South Carolina . He referred to Jesse Jackson as... ...after Nevada, and I think it was after South Carolina , too, right after South Carolina. Yes... ...after South Carolina, too, right after South Carolina . Yes, it was right after Sout... ...South Carolina. Yes, it was right after South Carolina . I heard about it, and I took a bottl... ...hadn't happened. The killings in South Carolina [Charleston church shooting] had no... ...balance in the Fourth Circuit so that South Carolina did not have more judges than everybod... ...than everybody else. I think that South Carolina took one of Maryland's judges on th... Show more... Loretta Lynch ...a young girl in a school in South Carolina , and there was another incident wher... ...at Dylann Roof, and the Charleston [ South Carolina ] church shooting. It's important t... ...to prosecute him first, the State of South Carolina or the federal government? Because, i... ...interacting with the prosecutor in South Carolina , and I said, “Look, I'm happy to hav... ...I'm happy to have the prosecutor in South Carolina go first, but we will definitel... ...country not to have the death penalty. South Carolina 's not one of them. Most Souther... ...thing to raise. Now, my US attorney in South Carolina —very good guy, had been a defens... Show more... Michael Steele ...a number of states—Texas, Florida, South Carolina , Michigan, a few others, Wisconsin—go... ...season. It was New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina , and Nevada. We only had three o... ...“Y'all ain't coming for us,” and then South Carolina was like, “We're the first in th... ...run. It's why I went and spent time in South Carolina with Tim Scott, and with Nikki Haley... Chris Hughes ...we didn't win votes. Then we go into South Carolina , which generally goes well. But the... Eric Holder ...was a great speech. Fast forward to South Carolina and, again, it looks like, All right... ...we were successful in bringing suits in South Carolina , Texas, a number of other states. T... ...called the National Advocacy Center in South Carolina . I went there to talk to these folks... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations