HI: Voters approve of Schatz pick, Abercrombie's approval edges up

[Miles]

From the Civil Beat:

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Ousting either of them may be harder than I thought

[CatoMinor]

lol....

[Tokugawa Sexgod Ieyasu]

Oh, good, a poll; so Hawaii voters could think pretty much anything.

[minionofmidas]

Well duh, you think people had a hard strongly felt opinion on the issue? Schatz will probably be in the Senate til he's 98 (assuming life expectancy continues to rise) and PPT.

[Niemeyerite]

I wasn't expecting that. That's great I thought Abercrombie was politically dead after the pick. Good to know he isn't.

[Zioneer]

From the Civil Beat:

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Ousting either of them may be harder than I thought

You wanted them out of office?

[Miles]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

[justfollowingtheelections]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Oh give me a break... Inouye wasn't the king or something.  I have voted for Hanabusa before to keep the seat blue, but she's a terrible candidate.  I'm not a big fan of Schatz either, but there are honestly no Hawaii politicians that inspire me so I guess he will do for now.

[Skill and Chance]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Oh give me a break... Inouye wasn't the king or something.  I have voted for Hanabusa before to keep the seat blue, but she's a terrible candidate.  I'm not a big fan of Schatz either, but there are honestly no Hawaii politicians that inspire me so I guess he will do for now.

Agreed.  In a democratic republic, no one can will their senate seat to anyone else.  I don't care how much of a hero you were.  It's wrong to even try.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Disrespect? It wasn't his Senate seat; it belongs to the people of Hawaii. They deserve a Senator who will stick around long enough so they can reap the benefits of seniority.

[justfollowingtheelections]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Disrespect? It wasn't his Senate seat; it belongs to the people of Hawaii. They deserve a Senator who will stick around long enough so they can reap the benefits of seniority.

Actually, I disagree with that logic too.  How about having a senator that best represents us?
There's more to politics than pork.

[CatoMinor]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

It wasn't Inouye's place to hand pick a successor, it is the Governor's. No one is entitled to any office. 

[Sic Semper Fascistis]

The best way to solve these kinds of dilemmas would be to have Congress candidate have running mates whose role is to replace them in case of death/resignation (it's done in France for lower House members, and probably in a few other countries as well). That said, when you have the appointment procedure you have, complaining about nominations makes little sense.

[Zioneer]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Oh give me a break... Inouye wasn't the king or something.  I have voted for Hanabusa before to keep the seat blue, but she's a terrible candidate.  I'm not a big fan of Schatz either, but there are honestly no Hawaii politicians that inspire me so I guess he will do for now.

What's the problem with Schatz? He seems like the model progressive.

[Napoleon]

I didn't initially like the pick, but I wasn't yet made aware of how unintelligent Ms. Hanabusa seems to be. The Governor made the right choice.

[justfollowingtheelections]

You wanted them out of office?

Yep. I still can't quite stomach the disrespect that was shown to Inouye.

Oh give me a break... Inouye wasn't the king or something.  I have voted for Hanabusa before to keep the seat blue, but she's a terrible candidate.  I'm not a big fan of Schatz either, but there are honestly no Hawaii politicians that inspire me so I guess he will do for now.

What's the problem with Schatz? He seems like the model progressive.

Nothing really, but he has never accomplished anything in his career or had a real job for that matter.  He just gives everyone the impression he's a rich kid who's had it really easy in his life and now becomes the senior Senator of Hawaii without ever having won a serious election.
Plus, as I said in another thread, voting the right way isn't enough IMO.  I would like to have people who can communicate their positions.  I think the entire Hawaii delegation will be a very reliable Democratic vote, but I doubt they will ever author anything important.