South Carolina, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History South Carolina, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Daryl Johnson ...Wisconsin. The Charleston massacre in South Carolina , where we had nine people killed at a... Cornell Belcher ...seen before in their lives. Going into South Carolina —and South Carolina is complicated. W... ...lives. Going into South Carolina—and South Carolina is complicated. We could do a whol... ...We could do a whole hour on South Carolina . First, let me say this about Sout... ...Carolina. First, let me say this about South Carolina , because it's something that i... ...out there about, Barack Obama won South Carolina because he won Iowa. As if the Blac... ...he won Iowa. As if the Black voters in South Carolina were waiting around for White people i... ...Anton Gunn and our campaign manager in South Carolina , people of color, put in the wor... ...the establishment people endorse her in South Carolina . So, you know what? We had to g... ...pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in South Carolina before Iowa, in our internals. Befor... ...work that the campaign was doing in South Carolina . I just want to be real clear on th... ...not factually true. Now, that said, South Carolina was pivotal for Barack Obama, just lik... ...just like it was pivotal for Biden. And South Carolina represents, in the primaries, somethin... ...and the minority political power in South Carolina . I said it then, and I keep having t... ...cycle: if you can't win the South Carolina Democratic primary, you cannot be th... ...you can't now. Because if you can't win South Carolina , or even come close to winning Sout... ...Carolina, or even come close to winning South Carolina , what it means is you have not bee... ...real and strong and consistent way. So, South Carolina was important because it showed th... ...was over when he blew away Hillary in South Carolina . Cornell, why was the race over? Th... ...vote around you, you're going to win South Carolina . You're going to win North Carolina... ...to win or come in a close second in South Carolina , and I'll tell you who's got a chanc... ...what was beautiful and unique about South Carolina —and look, there's no crying i... ...But there was a moment after he won South Carolina , and it was such a beautifu... ...such a beautiful coalition. And we won South Carolina fairly big. Again, this is sort of ... ...pull into the process. I had us winning South Carolina in the data. I did not have us winnin... ...in the data. I did not have us winning South Carolina that big. And I remember having ... ...we didn't need so many resources in South Carolina ; because, bam, we won Sout... ...in South Carolina; because, bam, we won South Carolina . But there was a moment before the... ...parts of the South, and especially in South Carolina . We were sitting there, and I wa... ...corner. You know the racial history of South Carolina . If there's any place in America wher... ...where race matters, it's places like South Carolina . But understand, these young peopl... Show more... Christopher Dodd ...states. Obviously New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina , Nevada, even places that didn't hav... ...American community in places like South Carolina . This is proving that this Africa... Natalie Tennant ...You can think about that, you know, in South Carolina , the shooting in South Carolina, wher... ...in South Carolina, the shooting in South Carolina , where he was there for that. But h... Harry Reid ...the people were killed in [Charleston] South Carolina , President Obama shed a tear when h... Danielle Gray ...Union] debate. And then you'd go to South Carolina or Iowa, and you'd hear people, who yo... ...just decamped for Iowa, or Nevada, or South Carolina . People made decisions about which o... ...To the shooting at that church in South Carolina . But some of the best moments are whe... ...say, for instance, if she went to South Carolina , and she was going to talk abou... Kevin Lewis ...and perform well in Nevada. And then South Carolina , we did extremely well. It was grea... ...of time in Iowa, some amount of time in South Carolina . Everyone had to go out during th... Mitchell Stewart ...I was, and she was a state director in South Carolina and just knew him a little bit better... ...this thing. He was a field director for South Carolina . He started very, very early, as well... John Brennan ...and I saw the televised coverage of the South Carolina primary, which Senator Obama won. And ... 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