May 22, 2010
— Gabriel Malor He just won President Obama's childhood district in the special election in Hawaii after the national Democrats ended up in a civil war with the local Democrats. Obama got 70 percent of the vote there in 2008.
Djou won 39.5 percent of the vote. Hanabusa, the DCCC candidate, got 30.8 percent. Case, the local Dems and union candidate, got 27.6 percent.
Djou will be the first Republican to represent Hawaii in Congress since Pat Saiki, who served from 1986-1990. He will have to begin campaigning again almost immediately, as the seat will be up for grabs again in the November general election.
This breaks the six eleven (see correction) seat special election streak Democrats have been on in the House. Correction: it looks like it was an eleven seat streak (counting PA-12).
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Congrads. How likely is this to repeat in November (the multiple Dem candidates, etc)?
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 22, 2010 08:18 PM (iKR5z)
These are just the sort of districts Dems need to win in order to still have seats in Comgress. Ha!
Posted by: ntac at May 22, 2010 08:18 PM (tqEY7)
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 22, 2010 08:18 PM (iKR5z)
And it's Obama's "home" district.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 22, 2010 08:19 PM (32RtQ)
Posted by: Albus at May 22, 2010 08:22 PM (sZNYc)
Posted by: Zimriel at May 22, 2010 08:24 PM (ziiGx)
Posted by: MrCaniac at May 22, 2010 08:26 PM (Vol3D)
Thanks, trying to find this info. Good job. Heard him on Mark Levin, and he is a really good guy!!
Posted by: lou at May 22, 2010 08:28 PM (edPJq)
Posted by: Ben at May 22, 2010 08:32 PM (DKV43)
That together, the two top Dems got more votes than Djou
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 22, 2010 08:35 PM (iKR5z)
Posted by: ousoonerfan15 at May 22, 2010 08:35 PM (6S5Mz)
Posted by: Ben at May 23, 2010 12:32 AM (DKV43)
Damn bad bs guy, can't you have a little faith?
Posted by: lou at May 22, 2010 08:36 PM (edPJq)
actually,he has a great chance in november
case pulled alot of the conservative independants and all of them are going to go to djou i think
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 22, 2010 08:38 PM (gg4j2)
Hanabusa, the DCCC candidate, got 30.8 percent.
You haven't lived until you've seen Hanabusa's Don Ho impersonation.
Free grass skirts all around!
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 22, 2010 08:38 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 22, 2010 08:39 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Old Blue Eyes at May 22, 2010 08:40 PM (S1Ttj)
hanabusa was running on the theme of 'help me help obama change the country'
how's that change stuff working out for you hanababy?
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 22, 2010 08:42 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 22, 2010 08:47 PM (iKR5z)
26 from what i saw out here, not at all
almost all of his money came from small business owners struggling to make ends meet and ordinary people
hanabusa had tv ads on constantly
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 22, 2010 08:47 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: Methos wearing his AP hat, with the Obama one on top at May 22, 2010 08:54 PM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: navycopjoe channeling the kos kids at May 22, 2010 08:56 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at May 22, 2010 08:59 PM (ktYjH)
Wonder how Obama feels having his birth district (ahem) rep'd by a Djou.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 22, 2010 08:59 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 22, 2010 09:06 PM (DPM1U)
Awesomely awesome.
Next thing ya know, the Cubs will win the Series.
(Ducks before navycopjoe throws a beanball.)
Posted by: PA Cat at May 22, 2010 09:06 PM (mhvwY)
Posted by: navycopjoe channeling the kos kids at May 22, 2010 09:14 PM (gg4j2)
Posted by: Super Mario Cuomo at May 22, 2010 09:17 PM (m1Chw)
Related to the House Race stories, from the Washington Post, buried at the end of thier story, a very snort worthy comment (via NoVa political blog BlackVelvetBruceLi.net).
Primary elections help define President Obama's role in midterm elections
"Let me get this straight: If you think I can't win, you're not going to spend political capital on me, even though I spill buckets of blood for you?" Connolly said. "The White House can't be [keeping] distance from people who have walked the plank for them, even when they might lose. Loyalty matters in this business."
It is really our blood, our sweat and our taxes that he and his fellow conspirators spill. And he is now worried about his bloody paycheck? It aint just TEA that has us upset.
This Northern Virginia (VA-11) clown Connelly deserves to find another job. very soon. With other buckets. It might just be the janitor.
I shamelessly plug a new Manassas Tea Party. Come join, and we have a June 25 "Rally to Defend the Constitution"
Posted by: Cromagnum at May 22, 2010 09:17 PM (UGrme)
What's his face passed himself off as conservative democrat in a cobalt blue district. So he played those people for chumps.
Posted by: YIKES! at May 22, 2010 09:20 PM (E5V01)
Posted by: PA Cat at May 22, 2010 09:21 PM (mhvwY)
Posted by: Soon-to-be-Ex-ExZonie at May 22, 2010 09:32 PM (zzP3l)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 22, 2010 09:34 PM (Acgmr)
Posted by: JaneS at May 22, 2010 09:37 PM (hDNn+)
She's might go eat some rats and kick some puppies after this news.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 22, 2010 09:40 PM (Acgmr)
In the recent special in my district that put Wexler clone Deutch in office, turnout was very very low, ~50K total.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 22, 2010 09:54 PM (B95rC)
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Posted by: soo at May 22, 2010 10:21 PM (WFYoY)
So ... the Democraps excel at Special Olympics Elections. That makes sense.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 22, 2010 10:24 PM (Qp4DT)
In no way is this a referendum on Obama and the Democrats !
*breathes into a paper while reaching for some lithium*
Posted by: The MFM at May 22, 2010 10:33 PM (t72+4)
O/T: "Democratic strategist James Carville and MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, two reliable supporters of President Barack Obama, have issued withering critiques of the administrationÂ’s handling of the Gulf oil spill.
Doesn't carville live in Louisiana? This may be the first sign we have that hillary is on her way back into the spotlight.
Posted by: curious at May 22, 2010 10:37 PM (p302b)
Agreed. Connolly is a POS who needs to get the boot in November. Keith Fimian almost beat him in 2008 and ought to have a good shot at evicting Fairfax County's fraudster-in-chief.
Posted by: fiatboomer at May 22, 2010 10:55 PM (0Wf6c)
Turnout in the special election was actually higher than the 2006 off-year HI-1 Congressional election. Perhaps not surprising, since it was a mail-in election.
Posted by: cinyc at May 22, 2010 11:08 PM (Vk5UZ)
Posted by: Nogard Pans at May 22, 2010 11:33 PM (HbcvC)
Hahaha a republican won in Hawaii? hahahahaha I'd love to watch the sophists on cable say with a straight face that this doesn't mean people are mad as hell at what Obama's done to us in only 18 months.
Seriously folks, this is like Newt Gingrich winning Maxine Waters' seat or something.. hahahahaha
maybe O'Reilly can invite anthony weiner on for round two of 'whos on first' sophist newspeak
Posted by: Little Orenthal at May 22, 2010 11:49 PM (9vQ7f)
sorry to rain on your parade.
Posted by: Walter at May 23, 2010 12:20 AM (oA4y0)
Posted by: Nogard Pans at May 23, 2010 12:34 AM (HbcvC)
Oh, really? So what? You're are being shortsighted as to what just happened.
And it gets worse for them (and the DNC) and better for Charles Djou. If neither Case or Hanabusa drop their bid for nomination, Djou owns the seat in Nov. as well. Even worse, the minute that Case announces that he runs as an Independent, the Democrats lose big. The Republicans, not so much. Also, the Democrats despise Case (especially one known as Sen. Dan Inoyue) b/c he ran vs. Akaka in the 2006 US Senate primary. (He should have waited to "inherit" either Senate seat, the same way that Mark Critz got the seat from his old boss, Jack Murtha in the House.). Unless Case can convince DNC leaders he's their choice, the Democrats have no chance to get the seat back.
Now who's the dummy here?
Posted by: Chuck In Hawaii at May 23, 2010 12:55 AM (TGoYh)
Or she might go and eat some vegetables from the White House Garden.
Posted by: JaneS at May 23, 2010 01:23 AM (hDNn+)
Posted by: Star-Spangled Beaner the anchor baby at May 23, 2010 02:25 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: Trolls Annonymous at May 23, 2010 03:09 AM (ITzbJ)
Well well, another case of what if. The criminal violations and abuse of power by this regime has reached epic proportions and they have reached the point now where they don't even care that you know it.
Hell why should they, the MFM is not questioning it, or even reporting on half of it.
Posted by: Vic at May 23, 2010 03:37 AM (6taRI)
Vic,
+ 1 They don't even care if we know it's illegal and unethical. We don't matter in their calculations.
Posted by: Dave at May 23, 2010 04:01 AM (DiPik)
Perhaps we can undo a lot of this crap after 2012 but even there I have my doubts. We see once again from that mess of a financial bill the RINOs stepped forward to help the communists.
I am more and more thinking the only way we will ever be able to save some semblance of a Republic is to hold an article V convention and take it away from Congress.
And there the odds are more in favor of fragmenting the nation than in saving the Republic.
Posted by: Vic at May 23, 2010 04:12 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: National Eeyore Convention Committee at May 23, 2010 04:29 AM (swuwV)
To win, R's need 10 seats plus hold all their existing seats.
R's have to hold in OH, MO, NH and FL. The polls now in these show R's leading.
R's have to take: ND, DE, IL, IN, NV, CO, PA, CA, AR, CT.
ND and DE: these are almost certain locks
IN, AR, NV look good.
PA and IL look okay, not great.
CO and CT - these will be tough
CA - ??? (complete wild card)
It's doable.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 23, 2010 04:49 AM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Vic at May 23, 2010 04:53 AM (6taRI)
Of course since this is commie spam it will work for the other side.
Posted by: Vic at May 23, 2010 04:58 AM (6taRI)
It's fabulous news, but don't get overly confident or cocky.
This is HI - land of democrats, (yes yes yes - except the governor) corruption, laziness, big labor, and a bad economy that has been in the toilet for a long time (think: Michigan).
This election happens all over again in November.
Hawaiian residents seem to love welfare, unions, democrats and corruption.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at May 23, 2010 05:03 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Star-Spangled Beaner the anchor baby at May 23, 2010 05:22 AM (w9bVp)
Posted by: kansas at May 23, 2010 05:32 AM (2kVkH)
Posted by: kansas at May 23, 2010 09:32 AM (2kVkH)
Yes
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 23, 2010 05:44 AM (j9MWE)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 23, 2010 06:03 AM (rurh0)
Yay!
A Republican can get almost 40% of the vote during a time when the Democrats are utter failures, proven liars, and are at their most vulnerable in over a decade!
Posted by: Mr. Slate at May 23, 2010 06:11 AM (b5sJf)
Posted by: Super Mario Cuomo at May 23, 2010 06:47 AM (m1Chw)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 23, 2010 07:09 AM (S7WDZ)
Well, it was where one typical white person/fatcat banker lived, and raised Teh Wun.
Posted by: N.O'Really at May 23, 2010 07:32 AM (3rwFl)
What's Djou's position on Guam?
Underwater!!!!
Heh! That's funny! And yeah, the perfect thing would be if a Republican can win Barry's former senate seat in Chi-town.
Posted by: runningrn at May 23, 2010 07:34 AM (CfmlF)
Anybody else shocked that the Democrats couldn't steal the Hawaiian seat?
Posted by: kansas at May 23, 2010 09:32 AM (2kVkH)
Well, lets just say, we ain't what we used to be.
Goddam You Breitbart, Goddam You To Hell !!
Posted by: ACORN at May 23, 2010 09:03 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 23, 2010 09:32 AM (ALucN)
Posted by: mcc at May 23, 2010 09:34 AM (7lTW7)
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 23, 2010 09:36 AM (ALucN)
OK, here's the problem. Japanese vote Japanese or not at all. So Hanabusa gets the 1/3 of the voting population guaranteed.
Djou will automatically garner the few GOPers there are remaining in the state. The Indepent vote is up in the air but may vote by slim margin for him
Guilt ridden white Kommiecrats are in a real bind here, which white man oppressed brown native to vote for? Weep, weep. In the end Kommiecrats rule/
SOoo the hope is Case will run indepent and Djou wins. Once in he's there for live...I mean look at that ass Akaka (kaka mean shit in Hawaiian) is still there.
Posted by: Serfer62 at May 23, 2010 09:41 AM (HLCnI)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at May 23, 2010 09:46 AM (T5BMZ)
Posted by: micmcn at May 23, 2010 10:18 AM (8At8V)
Seeing as how the Republican actually won, I'm thinking not at all.
Posted by: Filly at May 23, 2010 10:36 AM (dSJW9)
Posted by: spider man costume at May 24, 2010 03:34 AM (/GTAZ)
That's worst assumption I have heard about Hawaii residents, including yours truly.
If you think everyone here in these islands is slothful, lock-step, union-loving Democrats, you definitely need a reality check, my dear.
And I will wait for the apology, sweetie.
Posted by: Chuck In Hawaii at May 25, 2010 01:51 AM (TGoYh)
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