Politicians

...Congressman Charles Djou will weigh his options and decide whether to enter the race next week....

Ahu describes his campaign as one that he hopes will draw together the hearts and spirits of all who want to restore Hawaii’s values....

I have never seen grassroots energy like I am seeing today ....

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

Even more interesting, the breakdown on Djou’s support is completely inverted from the traditional Republican pattern....

Later this year, HFC will launch a series of educational videos....

Reactions to the announcement yesterday that former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann has formed a "Hawaii Independent Party" which has now been certified for the ballot....

...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....

Iwasa said her top priorities for both her district and Honolulu County as a whole are budget, transparency and accountability, and land use and infrastructure....

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....

Watch the Senate committee system falling apart....

With retread opposition and the wind at his back, don't be surprised at yet another landslide win for Abercrombie....

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....

Faleomavaega was one of Obama’s earliest backers while then Gov. Togiola Tulafono endorsed then-Sen. Clinton....

Currently, we only have three primary races featuring incumbents running for re-nomination where the incumbent is not at least rated “likely” to win....

..."Obama’s national priorities echo those I’ve outlined"....

This past weekend, the Star-Advertiser's Richard Borreca used the Governor's State of the State as the opening trumpet call for the 2014 governor's race....

During her recent visit to Maui and the home of close family friend Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama was escorted by Maui police....

“This state would turn into a manufacturing state." -- Rep Rida Cabanilla

... National Journal has published an article titled “How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes” and it should not surprise anyone that our South Pacific flyboy is among the Members of Congress featured....

...prominent Democrats have expressed interest in joining our party and running for office as a Republican....

Sound financial management required making tough decisions and hard choices. All with NO furloughs** (this is a lie, Abercrombie continued Furloughs, renamed as DLWOP Days)....

He broke the news in a call this morning to 95.5 the Fish with Dawn O'Brien....

“I want my students to be effective public policy makers,” Lingle said....

January 16 at 6:30PM at Life Church, 355 N Kainalu Dr, Kailua, Oahu....

...UPDATE: Hawaii County Democratic Party January 13, 2014 released the three names sent to Abercrombie by HD5 Democrats....

Yesterday we called on the media to take seriously the tuna content issue being fought out in the Farm Bill in Congress and Samoa News led with a page one story today....

...Jeff Davis has filled papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to form a campaign committee to run for governor....

...what remains of Inouye’s mostly Japanese American political machine is fighting for supremacy against a younger and whiter progressive wing that is trying to become Hawaii’s new ruling class....

"Last week Hanabusa accused Schatz of being supported by Democratic "kingmakers".  Ironic since she is claiming the senatorial mantle based on being anointed by the ultimate Democratic Kingmaker - Sen Daniel Inouye."

The lesson of 'Republican Unity' is just as important here in the islands as it is on the mainland....

The names of the three nominees will be released by the Governor or the Chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. ...  (or not)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had her own Hawaiian vacation this month....

We had hoped our common sense prescriptions on how to handle questionable statements emanating from the office of Delegate Faleomavaega would have proved persuasive to Samoa News but apparently not....

"...the obvious nature of the hit job and its intent does Hanabusa no good and only serves to engender ill will towards her candidacy...."

...Tuā’au Kereti Māta’utia, Jr., the first candidate to announce for Faleomavaega's seat, is assistant senior policy adviser to the Governor....

...American Samoa Congressional Delegate Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin Faleomavaega, Jr has been found...

Western Liberty Network trains leaders and helps small government activists learn how to successfully engage in electoral politics at the local level....

...the public is increasingly asking questions about his lengthy, apparent disappearance from public view....

Samoa News deserves credit for publishing a story in today's paper about the virtual disappearance of our delegate to Congress....

No reasons were given for his absence and he is still listed on the Committee's website as Ranking Member of the subcommittee....

Hawaii's four members of Congress are pretty terrible by ACU standards....