I was actually quite surprised to read some of the comments in “The Honolulu Advertiser” and “The Star-Bulletin” while Obama was there. There were quite a few who were disgusted with people who were saying they would vote for Obama simply because he grew up there and emphasized the many woes in Hawaii that could be laid at the feet of the Democrat party which has had the majority of power there for the past 40 years. Guess in some ways unions still have the power to sway the vote in Hawaii!