clyde burns imprimatur meant everything. voters believed it. the media believed it. and even most political insiders there was no black political figure in the history of the state of south carolina that had more influence with black voters, either inside carolina or across the deep south. james clyburn wanted to endorse biden, in fact, he had no intention of endorsing any other candidate, but he could also see how badly the wheels had come off biden s campaign earlier and he was a savvy enough politician to know that there was not much point in endorsing someone who would lose. on the uss yorktown the night before the debate, clyburn and a few of his cpc colleagues offered biden counsel and made one amounted to a political ask. quote, find a way to say that you are a part of picking the first latino woman member of the united states supreme court, sotomayor, and that you are looking forward to making the first african american woman a member of the supreme court. clyburn believed, a