Columbus, OH - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Columbus, OH Index / Locations Transcripts Martin Nesbitt ...went to a private independent school in Columbus , Ohio, that was much like Punahou... ...basketball team. They had come to Columbus , Ohio, to play Ohio State. Their coac... ...especially compared to your hometown of Columbus ? Yes. Obviously, the first thing is... ...in Chicago than I was used to in Columbus . So just critical mass made the whol... ...weren't as relevant like that in Columbus . Nobody was even thinking about wha... ...Black folks were thinking [laughs] in Columbus when it came to politics, at that time... ...he was at Princeton. They had come to Columbus to play Ohio State, and their coac... ...were a little missing from my life in Columbus and Barack's life in Hawaii. I thin... Show more... Christine Chen ...the tri-state area. So when we moved to Columbus because of my dad's job as an engineer... ...hearing and door-knocking—especially in Columbus , where I was at, with African America... Doug O'Brien ...that there are huge populations in Columbus and Cincinnati that are only on... ...maybe—I forget in Ohio—I went to Columbus . I was about an hour and a half fro... ...I was about an hour and a half from Columbus , and went down for, hopefully, th... ...a half from polls closed until I got to Columbus . It became clear, and I think the... ...to the Midwest, or maybe Pittsburgh or Columbus or something like that. Then, I had ... ...mostly from the kitchen table in Columbus with a brand spanking new infant in th... ...When I was at the headquarters in Columbus , it was in the basement of the ol... ...caught up in 2008. And we were in Columbus , Ohio, Big Ten world. I grew up i... ...weren't Big Ten people, and we were in Columbus . That was kind of interesting. An... Show more... Patrick Gaspard ...Cleveland—it wasn't Cleveland. It was Columbus , Ohio. This man was hired to drive m... ...This man was hired to drive me around Columbus . So I was with him for hours in hi... Ben LaBolt ...after that. We based the campaign in Columbus and a lot of the [unclear] in additio... ...to Chicago divided between Austin and Columbus . I went to Columbus because I'd worke... ...between Austin and Columbus. I went to Columbus because I'd worked for Sherrod Brow... ...day. We were living at a Days Inn in Columbus where people were getting broken int... Anne Filipic ...identify a community—so, for example, Columbus , Ohio, where I grew up. And we'... ...know, 250 of those local leaders from Columbus , Ohio, or any other city—we di... Richard Cordray ...what part? Central Ohio, near Columbus , in Grove City. And were there an... Pete Rouse ...too. So what came out of that was, on Columbus Day at Penn State University, two week... Shaun Donovan ...for a period of time. I went out to Columbus , Ohio—suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, an... ...I went out to Columbus, Ohio—suburbs of Columbus , Ohio, and went door to door. I was ... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa go to the Transition Transition go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism