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LeBron
LeBron FitzGerald
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« on: October 25, 2013, 05:50:48 AM »

I haven't been following this race as much as the mainland, but why did Hanabusa even decide to go for Senate in the first place apart from her original killer +20 point lead over Schatz as opposed to running for Governor against Abercrombie? Abercrombie has had constant low approval's in the 40's ever since appointing Schatz over Hanabusa for Sen. Inouye's old seat.

Granted Hanabusa would stand a better chance at defeating Abercrombie than David Ige, it may have been better if they swapped simply because it was because of Abercrombie why Schatz got in which should make Hanabusa want to go after him more and Hanabusa is going to have to give up her seat while Ige doesn't. It just seems those two and the Hawaii Democratic Party at large has more to gain from getting Hanabusa to easily primary Abercrombie, prevent the Republicans from taking the Governor's seat while still holding a job after giving up her House seat, and still give Ige a decent chance at beating Schatz.
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LeBron
LeBron FitzGerald
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 07:26:27 AM »

Are you out of your mind? We need her in Washington! Just look at what happened a few months after the late Shelley Berkley lost her seat in Congress.
I really don't care if Schatz or Hanabusa ends up winning because with the exception of Abercrombie, almost any Democrat who comes out of Hawaii is equally progressive and beneficial for their state or when it comes to Congress, good for the country. Republicans have by far the worst and most embarrassing minority in Hawaii than any other state (Ex. 1 State Senate seat), so like I said, most of them are great and Democrats can easily hold onto the state legislature, but the Governor's elections can go any way in any state no matter what the political climate is.

If Ige doesn't win the primary and someone like Republican Charles Djou decides to run against Abercrombie, it would be a big problem because then Democrats would have to put wasteful money into HAWAII next year in his re-election campaign and that could hurt the chances of Democrats in other gubernatorial races across the country.
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