HI 2014 Congressional Elections

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Sigh, why do so many primary challenges in the Democratic party have to be from the right?

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My question is, if Schatz hasn't had any problematic votes, if he hasn't had any questionable personal behavior, if he hasn't embarrassed the party, if he's on the right track to seniority and a chairmanship (probably) if he hasn't said anything bad, if he hasn't been a part of any controversy (besides his appointment), then why primary him? I just don't see any real justification for Hanabusa to primary Schatz. Yes, she can do it if she wants, but why?

EDIT: Yeah, there's the "we need more women/people of minority descent in the Senate" argument, but beyond that, nothing.

Hawaii isn't exactly lacking non-white females in their federal delegation. Schatz is kind of the diversity candidate there.

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Hanabusa is a pawn of the defense contractors. This primary is a no-brainer.

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Ironically Schatz is the conservative Senator from Hawaii according to ProgressivePunch. Hanabusa is far to his right, while Hirono is only a hair to his left, though.

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I don't think Becca is being illiterate; I just think she's being troll. She's saying this rating proves Schatz is a DINO/not a true leftist, acknowledges Hanabusa was rated to his right but thinks, for whatever reason, that she'd move drastically to the left if/when she's in the Senate.

HI-01 is only a bit to the right of the state as a whole, unlike Gillibrand's old district, in case someone is trying to claim that Hanabusa will be like Gillibrand, who is still to the right of both Hawaii Senators.

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Emily's List is a total joke.

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Because having the incumbent progressive Senator Brian Schatz win re-election instead of a much more conservative Democrat is totally a victory for Mitch McConnell.

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We need more women in the us senate!

What we need is young progressive women like Tulsi Gabbard in the Senate who can stay there for many years and possibly run for a higher office, we don't need people like Feinstein and Hanabusa who intend to die in the Senate and rarely support progressive causes.

Wow, Feinstein voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 when progressives like Mikulski, Leahy, Harkin voted in favor. So she's far from being a DINO.

Who cares about DOMA when Feinstein is practically the spokesperson for the NSA voted for the Iraq War, Patriot Act, NDAA, supported SOPA/PIPA, war in Syria/Libya the list goes on and on she is clearly a DINO and is the furthest thing from a progressive as you can get. The sooner she is out of the Senate the better!

Lol no, she's just not a LOLibertarian 2/3 of atlasians and she understands the fact that the Patriot Act is a lesser evil than terrorist attacks

If Bush had paid any attention to the August 6th 2001 memo, 9/11 would never have happened.

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Schatz ranked the most liberal Senator.

LOL, Chuck Schumer ties for the most liberal? Joke ranking.

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She lost in a fairly good year for Democrats, while Djou did win a House seat in 2009 IIRC. Not saying Djou is strong of course, but I wouldn't declare Lingle the strongest Republican either.

He won the seat in 2010 with 39%; Case and Hanabusa split the Democratic vote.

Exactly. The general election doesn't matter, only the primary.

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Not really a knock on Hanabusa's part, but my mom just got this email.



Stay classy, Emily's List.

Emily's List are total liars if they claim that it won't be safe D with either candidate.

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Not a fan of DINO Mercado Kim. Hopefully Takai can catch up to her.

Same. Anti-gay, anti-public education, pro-Monsanto.

If it looks like a Republican, talks like a Republican, and acts like a Republican, then it's probably a Republican pretending to be a Democrat.

If Djou supports gay marriage he has my endorsement, bar a Green run.

Djou does support gay marriage.

Actually, he does not. He only was pro-DADT, but he was also pro-DOMA.

Looking at his other isssues, I'll probably refuse to endorse him too. It's a shame that one of the most liberal states might have to decide between two Republicans.

Looking at Donna Mercado Kim's website , she seems to be a solid progressive on most issues (or at least on the ones she mentions). Also, the website looks very low-tech, possibly hinting at an underfunded campaign. It may still be possible for a more liberal candidate to sneak through to the nomination.

She's anti-gay marriage, appointed a Monsanto shill as the head of the Water Commission, and supports funneling public education funds towards private subsidies.

Actions speak louder than words. She doesn't even deserve to be called a DINO.

She sure makes Hanabusa seem good in comparison, LOL.

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Not a fan of DINO Mercado Kim. Hopefully Takai can catch up to her.

Same. Anti-gay, anti-public education, pro-Monsanto.

If it looks like a Republican, talks like a Republican, and acts like a Republican, then it's probably a Republican pretending to be a Democrat.

If Djou supports gay marriage he has my endorsement, bar a Green run.

Djou does support gay marriage.

Actually, he does not. He only was pro-DADT, but he was also pro-DOMA.

Looking at his other isssues, I'll probably refuse to endorse him too. It's a shame that one of the most liberal states might have to decide between two Republicans.

Looking at Donna Mercado Kim's website , she seems to be a solid progressive on most issues (or at least on the ones she mentions). Also, the website looks very low-tech, possibly hinting at an underfunded campaign. It may still be possible for a more liberal candidate to sneak through to the nomination.

She's anti-gay marriage, appointed a Monsanto shill as the head of the Water Commission, and supports funneling public education funds towards private subsidies.

Actions speak louder than words. She doesn't even deserve to be called a DINO.

She sure makes Hanabusa seem good in comparison, LOL.

No kidding. At least Hanabusa is Generic D.

But still much more conservative than the conservative Senator from Hawaii. Not that Schatz is conservative, but Hirono is more liberal.

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I feel like Hanabusa is running because she sees a good shot at winning due to Abercrombie being unpopular, and as she can take advantage of being a Native Hawian Islander. There is no reasonable ideological difference to motivate her to run.

Hanabusa is running a campaign based around race baiting, it's shameful

There's also the gender baiting. The insinuation by Emily's List that only a women can win as a Democrat in Hawaii is ridiculous.  Emily's List should pull out of Hawaii, and focus on Louisiana, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia.

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Oh crap, Hawaii has open primaries? I hope Saturday isn't a big victory for conservative "Democrats".