Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Our Blue Palmetto survey participants say President Barack Obama fought back on Tuesday.
President Barack Obama responded to a disappointing performance in the first debate with Gov. Mitt Romney by fighting back in round two. That's the critique of our influential SC Democrats — 10 of whom answered Patch's questions for our Blue Palmetto survey. All 10 said Obama won the debate — and nine of them said he won by a "wide margin." One Democrat said the most-memorable moment was: "The President fighting back." On Libya, one Democrat said: "Obama looked like a commander in chief, and Romney was caught in a LIE." And another said: "During tonight's Debate President Obama did a good job of both attacking and defending his record while Gov. Romney spent most of evening on the defensive attempting to explain away past positions — on …
Monday, October 15, 2012
The verdict of influential Democrats and Republicans in SC all rests in the eyes of the beholders.
When we asked influential Democrats and Republicans to say the most-memorable moment of last Thursday night's vice presidential debate as part of our Blue Palmetto/ Red Palmetto surveys, the same answer came up on both sides: Vice President Joe Biden's response to Rep. Paul Ryan's answers was the most-cited by both parties' backers in South Carolina. But how they characterized Biden's responses depended on who you asked. For Democrats, 10 of whom answered our latest Blue Palmetto poll question, Biden was "aggressive" in pushing back against Ryan's answers — calling "malarkey" on one of them within the first portion of the debate. For Republicans, 26 of whom responsed in our latest Red Palmetto survey, Biden's responses were "antics," "…
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Picking a winner Wednesday night fell mostly along party lines, unsurprisingly.
It would be no surprise if South Carolina Democrats thought President Barack Obama won Wednesday night's first presidential debate and South Carolina Republicans thought Gov. Mitt Romney won. But even the Blue Palmetto members who took part in a quick, unscientific Patch poll following the debate had to admit that the Republican challenger more than held his own. And the Red Palmetto members who shared their thoughts said Romney owned the evening. Nine of the 13 Democrats said Obama won the debate, but six of them said it was by a slim margin. Three said the night was a toss-up. And one admitted that Romney had won the evening, by a small margin. One Democrat said: "What was surprising was that Romney handled himself as well as Obama, …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
South Carolina Democrats surveyed by Patch look forward to Tuesday's opening night speakers.
President Barack Obama needs to show "excitement" and "confidence" at this week's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, according to a new Blue Palmetto survey from Patch. Of the 58 members of the Blue Palmetto survey, 28 South Carolina Democrats responded to a survey Monday and Tuesday about the convention. Questions included how theywill be following the convention, whom they are looking forward to hearing, what platform points should be emphasized and what they would like from Obama. Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed said they did not see the convention as "make or break" for Obama. When asked for "one word or phrase to describe what you'd like to see" from Obama, a number of respondents mentioned "excitement" and "confidence…
Monday, June 25, 2012
In our inaugural Blue Palmetto survey, 80 percent of influential Democrats say the recent work at the S.C. State House was "very disappointing."
Influential Democrats blame elected Republicans for a "very disappointing" legislative session wrapping up in Columbia, according to the inaugural Blue Palmetto survey. Eighty percent of respondents described the session as "very disappointing." Eight percent deemed it "somewhat disappointing." Eight percent also called it "somewhat successful." No Democrats called it "very successful." Sixty-five Democrats from the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston areas were asked using an automated survey tool what they thought of the work in the State House this year. Thirty responses were collected. Unlike influential conservatives, who blamed Republican leadership in the legislature for a disappointing session, Democrats blamed Republican …
Jay Bennett
11:04 am on Sunday, October 21, 2012
I asked my 8 year old if they understood what your reply meant; sorry to say, even they didn't. Please be more succinct, oh, and don't vote. more ›