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Monday, October 25, 2010
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The Segregated Sisterhood of Neil Abercrombie and Nancie Caraway

Hanabusa & Jeff Stone: Coincidence or Corruption? You decide.

Aiona: Campaigns are won by those who work hardest over the last seven days

Hawaii Island Contractors' Association Endorses Aiona-Finnegan

Democrat Media Poll shows Abercrombie, Aiona approval at 61% to 60%

Through a spokesman, Aiona said his own internal polling showed a dead heat, but that his supporters would regardless work nonstop through Election Day.

Some other tidbits:  James Daniels, an independent who lives near Kapahulu, said he felt Djou is an "up-and-coming" fresh face. But he said his decision to vote for Djou is based more on his opposition to Hanabusa.  "The other side is so pro-union," said Daniels, a business owner. "I think she's gotten more money from the unions than anybody else does. It's just a step back in time."

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Aiona to hold campaign event at Radford HS tonight

Current Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona and state Rep. Lynn Finnegan will be at the Radford High School cafeteria on Salt Lake Boulevard from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday.

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Democrat Media Poll: Djou ahead 48% –45%, Hirono 77% to 16% Willoughby

In a year when voter discontent nationwide appears ready to toss out incumbents -- mostly Democrats -- U.S. Rep. Charles Djou is in position to retain his seat representing one of the nation's bluest states.

According to a new Star-Advertiser/Hawaii News Now poll, Djou holds a slight 3-point edge over Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, but it is within the margin of error -- a statistical tie.

In a telephone poll of 399 very likely voters in the 1st Congressional District, representing urban Honolulu, Djou was favored by 48 percent, compared with 45 percent for Hanabusa.

The 2nd CD telephone survey covered 192 very likely voters and had a margin of error of 7.1 percentage points.

(Now we see how it was stacked.  They picked a heavily Dem group on the outer islands.  A GOP name on the ballot in CD2 will usually get about 30% in an ordinary year.  And this is no ordinary year.) 

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Most surveyed voters dislike Lingle's performance

"It is not surprising that some may not agree with the decisions Governor Lingle has taken to address the worst economic recession and fiscal shortfall in the state's history while positioning Hawaii for the future," Lenny Klompus, the governor's senior communications adviser, said in a statement. "However, we believe the majority of the people understand Governor Lingle is carrying out her obligation to ensure the state lives within its means and she is doing what is in the short and long-term interest of the entire state."

Klompus also said politics could have an influence on the low job approval rating "as we enter the last 10 days of this critical election season at both the local and national level. This is especially evident with millions of dollars being spent locally attacking the governor."

(or it could just be a reflection of the latest Democrat/Ward stacked poll)

The poll was taken by Ward Research for the Star-Advertiser and Hawaii News Now from Oct. 12 to Tuesday. The poll was based on telephone interviews with 608 likely voters statewide. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.

Rebecca Ward, president of Ward Research, said she believes -- as she did when Lingle hit a record low in April – that (the agit-prop show put on by Abercrombie’s UH Manoa supporters) public anger over teacher furloughs was the main cause of the decline (and she sends her compliments.)

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Hanabusa tries to convince voters she is not a pit bull

During a recent store-to-store sprint to meet with voters in Oahu's Kalihi area, the 40-year-old Djou appealed to struggling small business owners with the argument that less government will result in more prosperity. The blue-collar Kalihi district is the home of many immigrant families, especially from the Philippines, who Djou said could represent a swing vote.

"The American dream is built by individual Americans, and that's what makes our country great," said Djou, the incumbent, in an interview. "It's not a bureaucracy or a regulation or an act of Congress that makes our country great."

Across town, the 59-year-old Hanabusa told supporters at a "coffee hour" dinner gathering that when times are tough, the government should help people rather than turn its back on them. The meeting was in Hawaii Kai…  At Hanabusa's coffee hour, she tries to dispel the perception that she's a hard-charging pit bull

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Hanabusa criticizes GOP ad suggesting corruption

The ad says in 2003, state Sen. Hanabusa won passage of a bill granting a $75 million tax break to developer Jeff Stone. It contends that soon after, Hanabusa's then-fiance, John Souza, got a "sweetheart deal" on a condo from Stone.

Hanabusa spokesman Richard Rapoza says the ad distorts two aboveboard and separate actions, and calls it the "dirtiest most accurate Hawaii has ever seen."

REALITY: Hanabusa & Jeff Stone: Coincidence or Corruption? You decide

More Reality: Cayetano: Hanabusa's Broken Trust connections lead to Ko Olina

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Online ballots available to Hawaii overseas voters

The deadline to request an absentee ballot in Hawaii is tomorrow. Ballots must be received by the county clerk by 6 p.m. on Nov. 2.

Hawaii and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement last month to expedite overseas absentee ballots to ensure they can be returned before the election.

Online: http://www.fvap.gov/

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CB: Ed Silvoso Responds to 'Aiona, God and State' Article

Senator Hanabusa stated, "Through Ed (Silvoso)'s scriptural insights on the role of the church in the marketplace and his Bible based strategies on how to take the presence and the power of God to the workplace have motivated and equipped scores of people to find their spiritual destiny by turning their job into their ministry ...using a strategic alliance of Christians to build prototypes for city and nation transformation that meet the needs and the challenges of our communities and countries. As a result...the Senate of the Twenty Fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii hereby recognizes and congratulates Harvest Evangelism and the International Transformation Network on its work...and offers its warmest aloha..."

Speaker Say acknowledged, "The House of Representatives, on behalf of the People of Hawaii, commends Harvest Evangelism for over 25 years of service to countries and people around the world, including Hawaii, where their influence has already begun to transform our churches, schools and workplaces and wishes ...a successful first conference in Hawaii."

It is evident that L.G. Aiona 's actions were in line with similar ones by the leaders of both the House of Representatives and the Senate….

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As bedbugs creep out NYC, tourists crawl away (Waikiki next)

DDT is the only reliable way to get rid of bedbugs and keep them gone.  The economy you save may be your own.

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SA: Re-elect legislators in city core

Surprise, surprise.  The Hawaii Democrat Advertising Bulletin wants you to vote straight-line Democratic and return a bunch of incumbents beck to the legislature where they ARE the problem.  They can’t even be bothered to write separate editorials for each one. 

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The lost generation in Hawai‘i politics

U.S. Rep. Charles Djou, at 40, is by far the youngest person holding one of Hawai‘i’s highest offices, and he’s under serious challenge by Colleen Hanabusa, 59.

The only statewide office that’s guaranteed to have a relatively young occupant is the mostly ceremonial post of lieutenant governor; Democratic candidate Brian Schatz is 38 and Republican Lynn Finnegan is 40. There are few others in the younger age bracket in the legislative ranks who seem good candidates to move up.

Whether it’s because our brightest young prospects have been squeezed out by a logjam at the top or because our special-interest driven system breeds followship more than leadership, political leadership seems to have skipped a generation here and is becoming one of Hawai‘i’s biggest sustainability problems.

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Maui mayoral race tight

Fewer than 300 votes separated Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares from challenger Alan Arakawa in the September primary, and their runoff contest for the county's top job is expected to be close as well.

Arakawa has picked up the endorsements of former rivals Randy Piltz and Sol Kaho'ohalahala, who placed third and fifth, respectively, in the primary and had a combined 30 percent of the vote.

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Fontaine endorsed over incumbent Bertram

It is public record that the incumbent Rep. Joseph Bertram III has personally filed for bankruptcy twice and blatantly tried to make excuses for his friend's pedophile criminal act.

(This is from the husband of one of Bertram’s Democratic primary opponents.)

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Kalapa: Hypocritical fight of 'special interest' groups

How often have you heard the political rhetoric during this campaign season of "doing away with corporate welfare" or "meaningful reform of the financial industry" being bandied about at the federal level as opposing parties try to blame one another for the soaring deficit.

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Campaign Profiles:

Lawyer works to strike down limits on independent election spending

WASHINGTON — A conservative Indiana lawyer engineered the string of legal victories that have enabled corporations and wealthy individuals to channel tens of millions of dollars into this year's midterm elections secretly, a study screed by campaign watchdogs leftists activists has found.

James Bopp Jr., a Republican-backed lawyer from Terre Haute, Ind., who has fought campaign finance laws for 30 years, filed the lawsuit that led to last January's Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited corporate and union dollars to bankroll independent election ads.

Bopp said he is now challenging laws in Hawaii and other states including— California, Florida,  Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Ohio, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin — that require disclosure of the names of campaign contributors.

(This article exists to give political orientation to the Hawaii Judiciary so they will invent a justification to reject Bopp’s suit.)

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Obama's isle judicial pick stalled

Kobayashi, 53, a federal magistrate judge here since 1999, was appointed by Obama in April and sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee.

But the Senate vote on her and 22 other Obama judicial nominations has been held up by Republicans, according to Democratic Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont.

After the Senate recessed on Sept. 29 without acting on the nominations, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs indicated that Obama is "keenly aware" of the appointments and would want the Senate to vote on them during the session that convenes Nov. 15.

(They can’t get a judge through but they want us to believe they are going to get the Akaka Bill through.)

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