After the embarrassing drubbing former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann took from Neil Abercrombie in last year’s governor’s race, who would have thought he’d have a chance to climb back into one of the state’s top offices just two years later? But the 2nd Congressional District seat opened by Mazie Hirono’s run for retiring U.S. Sen. [...]
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The political gods smile on Mufi Hannemann
September 7, 2011Bachmann debate turns crazy
August 10, 2011The latest tempest in the political teapot involves a Newsweek cover photo of GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann that some supporters say is unflattering and makes her look crazy. Even liberal feminists from the National Organization for Women are denouncing as sexist the headline that proclaims the tea party favorite to be “The Queen of Rage.” [...]
It’s already hold-your-nose time in the Hawai‘i’s U.S. Senate race
August 5, 2011The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued a couple of bizarre statements this week in Hawai‘i’s much anticipated 2012 U.S. Senate race, which so far has U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case competing on the Democratic side for a likely match against former Republican Gov. Linda Lingle. In one missive, DSCC executive director [...]
Hanabusa can now vote for herself
June 13, 2011To finish off a story we’ve been following, U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa announced she’ll move into the 1st Congressional District she represents by renting a Kakaako apartment until she can sell her Ko Olina home and buy in town. The new residence that she’ll use the one week a month she’s in Hawai‘i enables her [...]
Dueling ex-mayors
May 26, 2011Prominent politicians who lose their jobs can be forlorn figures while waiting for the next election opportunity. Honolulu’s most recent former mayors, Mufi Hannemann and Kirk Caldwell, have been gamely trying to keep their public personas alive on Twitter since September, when Hannemann lost badly to Neil Abercrombie for governor and Caldwell was edged out [...]
Legislature should democratize itself before meddling in city elections
April 21, 2011I’m inclined to agree with the Honolulu City Council’s unanimous resolution that the Legislature should butt out of the city’s electoral business and shelve a bill forcing “instant runoff” voting in municipal special elections. Sponsoring lawmakers with backing from some civic groups say they’re worried that the winner-take-all elections to fill midterm vacancies usually draw [...]
Didn’t mean to slight Sen. Kim
April 14, 2011After my column and blog item yesterday on the 2012 U.S. Senate race to replace the retiring Daniel Akaka, a couple of people wondered why I didn’t include state Sen. Donna Mercado Kim, who has announced an exploratory committee, among the major Democrats looking at the race. No disrespect to Kim was intended, but at [...]
Case apology to Inouye pays off
April 13, 2011Former U.S. Rep. Ed Case’s apology to Hawai‘i senior Sen. Daniel Inouye for the bad blood between them didn’t win him an endorsement in his new campaign to succeed the retiring Sen. Daniel Akaka, but it did apparently persuade Inouye not to actively oppose him. In an interview with Politico, Inouye said he won’t take [...]
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