Posted on 05/07/2010 6:17:55 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
WASHINGTON – Despite spending more than $300,000, frustrated House Democrats may abandon efforts to win a special election in Hawaii after quiet diplomacy failed to end a high-level party feud that threatens their prospects.
"It's an extremely difficult race, since two Democratic candidates are splitting the vote," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
"The local Democrats haven't been able to come together and resolve that, so we'll have to re-evaluate our participation."
Recent public and private polls show Republican Charles Djou ahead in a race to fill out the remaining few months in the term of former Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who left Congress earlier this year to run for governor.
Djou's rivals include former Democratic Rep. Ed Case, runner-up in the polls, and fellow Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, the state Senate president, who trails further behind in a race with more than a dozen candidates in all. The winner-take-all race is by mail ballot, which must be received by election officials by May 22.
At first glance, the political stakes involved are scant — the winner is assured of serving in Congress only until this fall's midterm elections, when all 435 House seats are on the ballot.
But the psychological impact of a Republican victory in the state where President Barack Obama was born could be considerable. GOP officials say they are on a path to take control of the House this fall, and seize every opportunity to claim momentum.
Case served three terms in the House before giving up his seat in 2006 for an unsuccessful challenge to Sen. Daniel Akaka's re-election.
Sen. Daniel Inouye has said publicly Case did so after personally assuring him and Akaka that he was not going to challenge the senator, an account Case disputes.
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But the psychological impact of a Republican victory in the state where President Barack Obama was born could be considerable.
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Oh woe is uz...
” in the state where President Barack Obama was born could be considerable”
In other news, the exiled prince of Nigeria is considering sending his $20 million to the GOP instead of a random email recipient due to his discontent with the President
Hawaii has served it's purpose, let nazi pelosi retire in her pineapple patch for all he cares.
Next thing you know, Hell will go Methodist.
Pay off for the Governer and Republicans helping Obama??
"It's an extremely difficult race, since two Democratic candidates are splitting the vote," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee... Recent public and private polls show Republican Charles Djou ahead in a race to fill out the remaining few months in the term of former Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who left Congress earlier this year to run for governor. Djou's rivals include former Democratic Rep. Ed Case, runner-up in the polls, and fellow Democrat Colleen Hanabusa, the state Senate president, who trails further behind in a race with more than a dozen candidates in all. The winner-take-all race is by mail ballot, which must be received by election officials by May 22.
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