Posted on 04/16/2010 9:29:17 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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It’s the Djous...the Djous...
Where does Djou stand on abortion and gay marriage?
He supports traditional marriage:
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/03/interview-with-charles-djou-republican.html
Good news bump
Yet when it came to abortion, he said he considered Roe v. Wade settled law, but supports parental notification, and opposes partial birth abortions as well as public funding of abortions.
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/12/djou-hopes-for-hawaiian-surpri
The only thing that I don’t like is that he supports civil unions and gays openly serving in the military but overall he is not an activist for either abortion or gay rights.
“Djou, as a state legislator, voted against the Hate Crimes Bill which became on law June 13, 2001. Djou had an anti-gay voting record while in the Hawaii State Legislature.”
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Charles_Djou
He is clearly conservative just not a ultra vocal on these two issues but his voting record shows he votes with us.
Also a Special Election in PA 12 (Murtha’s seat) on May 18. Recent polls show the candidates neck and neck in that race. HI and PA could be a harbinger of what Democrats will face in November.
See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2492097/posts?page=2
Good news from HI.
I wonder how he feels about Obama’s BC?
It is a 3 way race with the GOP candidate tied at 32% with a Democrat white guy and an ethnic Asian RAT lady not far behind at 27%. There is no run-off and the one with the plurality wins. Bush came close in this district with 47% in 2004.
It would seem to me that Djou should be a shoo-in if he can even come close to Bush's 2004 performance. The RATs and their race hustlers should split their votes between a white guy and an ethnic Asian woman easily.
I'm guessing in the racial pecking order of Hawaii politics, Djou is ethnic Chinese, which is only slightly lower on the totem pole than ethnic Japanese, right? So I guess the question is why is a white guy ahead of an ethnic Japanese lady among the RATs and why isn't Djou pulling ahead in a three-way race?
Thanks for the ping!
More good news on the election front. I Djou victory would be a coup.
I don’t know the exact voter registration breakdown, but Cook rates the district as D+11, so it must lean heavily D. This district includes the city of Honolulu. Even if Djou wins the Special, he will have a tough battle in November to retain the seat for the 112th Congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index
Cook rates it D+11 because “hometown boy” Obama crushed McCain there in the anomalous 2008 election (in which Obama got 70% in the CD). However, in the more normal circumstances of 2004, President Bush got 47% in the district, and GOP Gov. Linda Lingle got over 53% and over 66% there in 2002 and 2006, respectively.
I don’t know why Djou isn’t polling better. I’d figure he should be around 40%.
It’s amusing that Case who held and is from district 2 is running in district 1 against Hanbusa who is from district 1 and ran for district 2 in 2006.
Hawaii likes incumbents so it’s quite possible Djou if elected would make the improvement to 50% he would need in November.
Sour grapes from the rat primary loser would help.
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