Comments on: PBS Newshour on the Hawaii senate vacancy

By: mako

mako — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:12:18 +0000

How many of these elderly voters will be around as time passes, even in a couple of years from now? One could argue that their number and influence waned as far back as Lingle becoming governor, which at the time was unthinkable.

This is just one of the colossal changes that is taking place not just in Hawaii, but in the world. Inouye is no longer here, but the federal money is no longer there either.

There is much talk about Hanabusa and Hirono being in office for 25, 30 years. Anyone who has ever gotten cancer or divorced or laid off, or had that happen to someone close to them, knows that stuff happens. Life throws curve balls. In fact, we all know that. But when it comes to politics, we forget that. Hirono and Hanabusa might only be in office for five or ten years, or even one or two years. In fact, the same is true of Gabbard and Schatz. Our thinking is stuck on an endless treadmill. Everything is changing except the way we think.

By: Rlb_hawaii

Rlb_hawaii — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:24:44 +0000

This ain’t a sports blog but rarely have I been as tantalized and frustrated by a UH men’s basketball team as this one. If only we had a true point guard!

By: Frankie's Market

Frankie's Market — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:00:15 +0000

Neil didn’t rely on the support of Inouye to get to where he is today. Two years ago, the late senator didn’t provide much help to Abercrombie in his primary election faceoff against Mufi, despite the two serving together in DC for a couple of decades. And despite this, Inouye’s chief of staff expressed being “very disappointed” that Neil didn’t heed her boss’ dying wish? Talk about being tone deaf to the reality of the situation.

Even if the rumors are true about Inouye’s faction dropping hints that Hanabusa would come home to run against Abercrombie in ’14 if she wasn’t appointed senator…. the SCC vote tally makes it clear. The Democratic Party’s old guard no longer calls all the shots and any “threats” that they might have made towards Neil in regards to his upcoming re-election campaign is about as scary as a toothless dog.