This is a re-match for the ladies; The GOP's Lingle beat Hirono by 5% several years ago in the HI Governor's race.
Lingle is out-raising Hirono by $1 million so far.
It would be a pretty bad blow for Obama if HI went Repub in the Senate. I don't know why Hirono has been faltering lately but I suspect it could be because of Obama's recent gay marriage stance; HI voted down gay marriage in a referendum.
More indication that the polls showing The Disaster as competitive are whacky. He can’t even get a RAT elected in Hawaii, his “home” state? I’m seeing total wipeout and I’m a pessimist.
Interesting...if they liked her better than Hirono then, they probably think the same now.
While Lingle would be seen as RINO by most Freepers, she's seen as a different kind of Republican by many people in the state. They see her as independent person, while Hirono is seen as old-boys' club candidate that would just follow instruction. That Hirono has been in Washington for a while and Lingle has stayed in the state after her tenure as a governor ended only help her case.
Doesn’t Hirono have to get by Ed Case in the primary first?
My understanding of the Dems here is that if Case wins, the Hirono faction (labor and Inoue) would not be enthusiastic voters and might just sit it out. How the Case backers will vote, should Hirono win is a big question.
If I were advising Romney, I would tell him to put his attention in states that are largely white, as those voters will be most open to reversing their last vote, and voting against the President. There are a LOT of those states in the country, and they can get Romney over the top, without having to win all the normally-battleground states.
Lingle is a RINO for sure and proudly proclaims to be one. She says she will do “what’s best for the people of Hawaii” (what does that say about the Republican Platform), fashions herself after Olympia Snowe, proudly proclaims to be non-partisan and will cross the isle when she thinks she needs to do so. I dare anyone to find her proclaim, anywhere in her campaign literature, that she is a Republican.
As governor, Hawaii state government grew. Her support for the race based Akaka Bill - not supported by the majority of people in Hawaii - is a typical example of her “supporting the people of Hawaii”.......as she sees it.
I doubt gays will matter much in this race.
Lingle is personally popular.
Another Republican has gone off the rails. Alaska Rep. Don Young has endorsed Hirono for some reason. Like idiot Coburn with Manchin he’s talking about the rat’s bipartisanship. Newflash you sack of garbage, Hirono is a communist. And your sorry butt should be kicked out of the party. Maybe your girlfriend will give her your committee assignments.
This is worse than Coburn cause Lingle appears to have a much better shot at winning than Raese in WV.
He must be banging her, that’s all I got.
This is nothing less than amazing. I’d like to see some other polls, though it’s clear that Lingle is the only Republican who has any chance at all of winning this race.