South Carolina, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History South Carolina, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Richard Verma ...Senators like Senator Graham from South Carolina , former Air Force JAG [Judge Advocat... Jessica Sanchez ...hospital for kids in Greenville, South Carolina , and see twenty-seven doctors ther... Anne-Marie Slaughter ...Alabama, St. Louis, and North Dakota, South Carolina , Texas—all these places. I had been t... ...forget, whatever's near Columbia, South Carolina . But I would think, “Oh, clearly som... ...of mini-Silicon valleys. But again, South Carolina 's a good example. Birmingham, Alabama... John Kerry ...right away that I would go down to South Carolina and do the endorsement down there... Denis McDonough ...on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina ]. It was covered by the press at th... Rick Wade ...Roche and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina . He also had experience in the Sout... ...Carolina. He also had experience in the South Carolina House of Representatives, the cabine... ...school. I grew up in a rural part of South Carolina —Lancaster, South Carolina, just belo... ...rural part of South Carolina—Lancaster, South Carolina , just below Charlotte. It was a tim... ...ran for public office in 2002 in South Carolina for secretary of state in the state o... ...for secretary of state in the state of South Carolina . But I think my inspiration did com... ...earlier experiences, whether it was in South Carolina government or in the private sector, o... ...only just look at going to a school in South Carolina . So I did go to that school in Sout... ...Carolina. So I did go to that school in South Carolina , but it was always in my mind that ... ...thinking, kind of, as somebody from South Carolina , how did you hear that speech? One... ...president of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina , so I was very happy in corporat... ...so my visibility was very, very high in South Carolina . Obviously, South Carolina's a ke... ...very high in South Carolina. Obviously, South Carolina 's a key early primary state in th... ...for Mark Warner at my house here in South Carolina prior to meeting Barack. I'd alread... ...Jim Clyburn, who is our mentor here in South Carolina for so many Black men and others lik... ...was really the early states. I spent in South Carolina serving as a senior advisor, helping t... ...focusing on advising and helping to get South Carolina up and running, as well as Iowa. ... ...had a small retreat at my home here in South Carolina , with David Plouffe and Stev... ...Stacey Brayboy, who were our staff in South Carolina . Part of our agenda was, How do w... ...the primary system is not the same in South Carolina . Those small caucuses, where yo... ...are two other states then, but then South Carolina . It comes to your home turf, so ... ...had his victory in Iowa, but why was South Carolina important in particular? Because thi... ...that, and especially in the primary in South Carolina where the Black voting participation i... ...ability to connect with Black people in South Carolina could determine and dictate how he wa... ...So there was a lot at stake in South Carolina . And we invested heavily on the groun... ...the Black community across the state of South Carolina in a really, really big way. And th... ...bearing fruit? And was it around the South Carolina primary, or if not, when was it? I... ...when was it? It was. It was around South Carolina . But it was also coming out of Iowa... ...impact of Black turnout in states like South Carolina , and some of the other southern state... ...think Michelle did a similar speech in South Carolina , at South Carolina State University... ...helped to organize their first trip to South Carolina . On the plane—we met at the FB... ...pretty powerful.” When we got here to South Carolina , I had organized a really big event... ... And, if you recall, we just blew South Carolina out of the water. I remember, whe... ...out of the water. I remember, when South Carolina was called, we were at the conventio... ...and then solidifying such a big win in South Carolina , where most of the voters in th... ...when I saw what happened in Iowa and South Carolina , it just gave me the confidence tha... ...Black kid from what was a segregated South Carolina , just, literally, shortly afte... ...this little country boy from Lancaster, South Carolina , who'd never—and now I'm working i... ...a really devastating stroke. She was in South Carolina and it was really hard, me being sor... ... To what extent were you focused on South Carolina , where you were, versus the nationa... ...more of a national picture than it was South Carolina , because we didn't have to deal wit... ...with the competitive primary stuff in South Carolina . So it really was more genera... ...the church because I grew up here in South Carolina . It didn't dawn on me who the pasto... ...in Bible study. I grew up in segregated South Carolina , so I know what it meant to go to th... ...for a while in my home here in South Carolina for about a month, and I just couldn'... ...of hate and violence. Growing up in South Carolina , again, and even in my young adul... ...even in my young adult years here in South Carolina , where there was a Confederat... ...of staff for the lieutenant governor of South Carolina , first of a constitutional officer... Show more... Rob Nabors ...there. They will stop at other places. South Carolina , Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Sa... Ellen Hollander ...the job but not started, I flew to South Carolina to go on deliveries with my board vic... ...clients of this program in Greenville, South Carolina . It ran the gamut of someone who wa... ...also ran the program in Greenville, South Carolina . She no longer does now, but she stil... Christina Romer ...heart too. I remember when he won the South Carolina primary, that speech, that was the... 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