Democratic Party

UPDATE Dec 31: Rep Beth Fukumoto Chang has been elected Minority Leader and Rep Andria Tupola has been elected Floor Leader....

...the extremely wealthy establish various special interest groups dedicated to crafting draconian regulations in the name of the public good, tackling hot-button social issues, and riling the hopes of easily led ideologues....

Paul Sullivan, a Hawaii resident and former deputy campaign manager for President Bill Clinton, could owe  millions of dollars in attorney fees ....

As then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "US citizenship is a privilege, it is not a right. People who are serving foreign powers or in this case foreign terrorists are clearly in violation of that oath which they swore when they became citizens."

...I heard from many who feel strongly that they were disenfranchised from the voting process this election and I stand ready to support any collaborative effort to have those voices heard....

Polls showed that whites, and most mainland liberal groups, largely backed Schatz, while Hanabusa had the support of local Asians....

House Majority floor leader Rida Cabanilla is out of a job....

...Puna residents have been shamelessly made the latest pawns of Progressives as they desperately attempt to hold on to power after a stunning rebuke at last Saturday’s primary elections....

...Though the judge in the case had numerous problems with holding a hasty election without proper notice, he ruled that "the court is not supposed to interfere with an ongoing election process even if it is unconstitutional."....

"Hawaii residents now pay approximately 60% more than mainlanders for many foods and goods, in addition to paying three (3) times more than mainlanders for electricity...."

Abercrombie’s defeat by 36.1 points is the largest primary loss by of any sitting governor in U.S. history....

...This repeated change in the date, location and method of the election; 3 times in 3 days, twice within hours of each other, is a violation of the election laws....

...Delayed Voting Could Sink Hanohano....

...If Abercrombie loses this primary, it will be the first time in Hawaii’s history a sitting Democrat governor is ousted after just one term....

...Chairs of the Hawaii Republican Party and the Democratic Party of Hawaii issued a joint call for voters to cast their ballots early....

...The party chairman then called for a vote and the dozen party attendees present (out of 600 people said to be members) unanimously endorsed Faleomavaega for re-election....

...Ige over Abercrombie 49-39% and Schatz over Hanabusa 45-34%....

...Cayetano had claimed PRP's ad campaign tarnished his reputation by unfairly portraying him as corrupt for accepting about $500,000 in illegal campaign contributions during the Democrat's narrow re-election victory over Linda Lingle....

...Duke is leading in the polls - no matter who he faces in the General Election this November....

Gov. Neil Abercrombie today announced the appointment of George Okuda to the state House of Representatives seat for District 48....

...Ige with 48 percent to 37 percent, with 15 percent undecided....

We were among those waiting for a quick Faleomavaega retort in his usual overkill with dates, times and places of consultation and were surprised by the silence....

The governor has gotten in some hot water for remarks seen as insensitive....

...we will have to keep a close eye on our election office to see if and when he or someone on his behalf picks up a packet containing the petitions that must be circulated....

Yesterday, Hawaii Democrats held their state convention and speaker after speaker made solemn promises to continue the status quo of one-party rule....

Turtle Bay vividly demonstrates the difference in problem solving between gubernatorial candidate Senator David Ige and Governor Neil Abercrombie....

"...we wrote to our congressional delegation and were told, in no uncertain terms, that we would not be able to secure it...."

State House Majority Whip Romy Cachola, D-Kalihi, has hired Honolulu criminal defense attorney Michael Green to represent him....

"Colleen Hanabusa has voted in support of the recommendations of the Simpson-Bowles commission, which proposed cuts to Social Security benefits...."

The budget, which provides $6.189 billion in general funds and $12.147 billion in all means of financing, was characterized by House Finance Chair Sylvia Luke as measured and prudent....

...It wasn't the first time Schatz was forced to put some daylight between himself and his former boss....

A look back at Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie's first 4 years in office and why Hawaii can not afford another term with Abercrombie leading the state....

...Obama has inserted himself into local politics a number of times, most recently in December by endorsing Abercrombie in his race for a second gubernatorial term....

Because of the lack of transparency, it’s not totally clear who actually selected the three candidates from a field of nine....

This is the same worthless job Abercrombie gave to shut Gary Hooser up back in 2011....

On March 5th, The Democratic Party of Hawaii's Biennial Precinct Meeting is coming to a district near you ....

The poll further illustrates the high unfavorability ratings of Hawaii’s current administration....

...keep an eye on Hawaii, where a surprising poll result showed Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) trailing former Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona (R).....

Aiona's remarkably popular earning a 58-26 favorability score....

The poll, conducted by The Mellman Group, has Schatz leading by four percentage points....

All Recent Polls Consistently Show Unfavorability for Current Administration Remains High....

If he loses their August showdown, Schatz will be the first appointee spurned in a primary since 1996....

93 percent more liberal than the rest of the Senate on economic issues, 73 percent more liberal on social issues, and 71 percent more liberal on foreign policy issues....

We found no small irony in Gabbard quickly taking the seat Faleomavaega waited years to earn....

...Hanabusa is doing little to show she'll be able to close the gap....