adolph reed jr. professor emeritus of political science at the university of pennsylvania, a columnist with the new republic, and an organizer for i'm a medicare voter campaign in south carolina. in columbia, kevin alexander gray is a longtime rights activist and community organizer, and author of "waiting for lightning to strike: the fundamentals of black politics." he was jesse jackson's south carolina campaign manager in 1988 and is the past president of the aclu of south carolina. we welcome all of you to democracy now! responded to last night's debate. cook's first of all, i would like to say hello to my two friends dr. reed and gilda cobb-hunter. two people i respect. adolph was on my dissertation committee, so i have something in common with everybody on your show today. but watching the debate last night, it wasn't the confederates firing on fort sumter, but it was fiery. i think senator sanders showed himself well. i think looking at the rates of south carolina -- race with south carolina th