Embracing President Obama who was on our TV with an awesome ad for Abercrombie. We're too smart for those lying republicons here on the Islands. B-)
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Neil Abercrombie, who evolved from a fiery Vietnam War protester to a respected Democrat in Congress, was elected governor of Hawaii tonight on a message of change after eight years of Republican rule at Washington Place.
Abercrombie easily defeated Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona, the Republican, to become the seventh governor since statehood. He is expected to sworn-in to replace Gov. Linda Lingle on Dec. 6.
The combustible liberal overcame doubts about his lack of chief executive experience to sweep to dominating victories over former
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann in the primary and Aiona in the general election. Abercrombie led in all public polls taken since January.
With most of the vote counted tonight, Abercrombie was leading Aiona 58 percent to 41 percent.
An Abercrombie victory gives Democrats control of Washington Place and the state Legislature. Lingle was the first Republican governor in 40 years when she was elected in 2002 and she held the office for two four-year terms.
Abercrombie and former Democratic Party of Hawaii chairman and state lawmaker Brian Schatz, his lieutenant governor running mate, raised their hands in victory before several hundred cheering supporters at the Abercrombie campaign’s election night party at the old CompUSA building on Ala Moana Boulevard.
At Dole Cannery, where Republicans were gathering for their party, a hush swept through the crowd as the results were posted on large screens showing Aiona trailing. But some tried to put a positive spin on the initial numbers.
“We're looking forward to the very last printout,” said Jonah Kaauwai, the state GOP chairman.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, said voters sensed that Abercrombie would do a better job than Aiona. “We had a strong governor (in Lingle) who somehow overshadowed the lieutenant governor. In a way I feel sorry for him because he was not the focal point.”
James Burns, a retired judge whose father was the iconic Democratic Gov. John Burns, was relieved that Hawaii did not follow the Republican wave yesterday in many states on the mainland. “The Hawaii voter is a little more akamai of what’s going on in government,” he said. “The stuff I hear on the mainland: `I want to cut. I want to cut. I want to cut.’ And you say, `Where?’ And they don’t have an answer. In Hawaii, I think they understand a little more.http://www.staradvertiser.com/elections/2010/election_day_stories/Abercrombie_leads_in_governors_race.htmlYes, poor aiona..overshadowed by a repub who tried to get the Ssuperferry here between Islands and enacted Furlough Friday.. Get Real, Inouye!
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