"Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me."

I begin by extending congratulations on his victory. How is he feeling?

“Good,” he says, but no more comes.

I try a different tack, asking him what his life has been like since being thrown into the limelight.

“Busy.” This time, happily, he goes on. ” I didn’t expect so much so soon, but I’m getting used to it.”

It was a pretty big deal, I say.

“I was hoping that it would be big so I would be able to get my message out to as many folks as possible: getting South Carolina and America back to work, bringing South Carolina and America back. And it’s not just America. We have got to get the world back to work and bring the world back. So it’s a message that has to reach folks and it’s something that I’m pursuing and it’s going good.”