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Republican Wins House Seat in Obama’s HometownPosted on May 23, 2010
For the first time in 20 years, a Republican has been elected to Congress to represent the Honolulu district where President Barack Obama grew up. The GOP midterm win speaks more to the fact that two candidates split the vote on the Democratic side than any surge in Hawaiian Republican pride. —JCL
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By samosamo, May 23, 2010 at 1:00 pm Link to this comment
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As both parties work in such close synchronicity, which o has
demonstrated time after time, and this guy is only ‘filling in’
until the end of the year when whoever wins in november will get
that seat, what is the problem? Would one even think this
republican could do the old switcheroo as o has done and
become a democrat not to matter how meaningless that would
be?
Being the pessimist that I am and believing always that there is a
Report thisbetter way, I fail to see congress improving its position of
working for the people who elected them, the money is just too
good.
By rico, suave, May 23, 2010 at 12:18 pm Link to this comment
Actually it speaks to the ineptness of the Democratic Party which allowed two clones to run against each other and cancel each other out.
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