I sense the momentum is growing. What scares the Democrats is before they always could paint the Republican opposition as being over-privileged haoles (which to a large extent was true). But the new Republican support is coming from churches comprised heavily of “locals.” So especially if Abercrombie wins, it’s going to look like out-of-state haole lefty liberals like Abercrombie and Schatz versus locals (Aiona and Ahu and their supporters).
Hawai’i is starting to make a shift away from Democrat control? ‘Twould be a miracle.