From textiles to high-tech: S.C.'s plan for jobs

South Carolina was one of states hit hardest by the great recession. At 11 percent, unemployment is above the already-high national average, and jobs will the pivotal issue in the 2012 elections.

One way the state is trying to create jobs is by investing in its three public universities. Leaders hope the investments will make a state once known for textiles a center of high-tech manufacturing.

CBS News correspondent Anna Werner filed this report from Greenville, ahead of the CBS News-National Journal GOP presidential debate in nearby Spartanburg: