Topic: Hawaii
National Republicans, Democrats target Hawaii district for gains in CongressRepublicans believe they've seen this movie before: Campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. Money from national political parties flowing in. And polls showing their candidate virtually tied with the competition.The plot played out in ...
Republican Party leaders head to Waikiki to celebrate victories, debate 2010 campaign strategyA high-tax, big-government Democratic bastion for five decades and President Barack Obama's birthplace, Hawaii would seem a curious place for the Republican National Committee to hold its winter meeting.But riding ...
Hawaii calls off Capitol festivities as it opens an all-business 2010 legislative sessionThe party is over at the Hawaii Capitol.Hawaii's annual festivities held during the Legislature's opening day are being called off for the first time, with the customary vast spreads of ...
US Rep. Abercrombie to resign from Congress in February to seek Hawaii governor's seatU.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced Monday he will resign from Congress on Feb. 28 to run for Hawaii governor.The 71-year-old Democrat, who has served in the U.S. House of ...
KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was " actively monitoring" the situation with a Delta flight on which a man reportedly set off firecrackers, the White House said on Friday.A man reportedly set off firecrackers ...
Serving nearly 47 years, Hawaii's Inouye becomes third-longest-serving senator in US historySen. Daniel Inouye becomes the third-longest-serving senator in U.S. history on Thursday, a landmark for the powerful lawmaker who has held a seat in Congress for as long as Hawaii has ...
click to enlarge This explains a lot. Public Policy Polling nailed down the divergent factions that comprise the 24 percent of Americans who subscribe to Birtherism: Let's start with the 62 percent of Americans who believe President Obama was born here, then ...
Politicos Glenn Thrush on a shocker of a poll done byResearch 2000 for Daily Kos: A whopping 58 percent of Republicanseither think Barack Obama wasnt born in the U.S. (28percent) or arent sure (30 percent). That means amajority of Republicans polled either ...
Republican members of the "birther" caucus--the folks who continue to question President Obama's citizenship--briefly tried to block a harmless congressional resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of Hawaii statehood simply because it mentioned that Obama was born there.. As you may know by ...
Official: Abercrombie plans to announce run for Hawaii governor in 2010Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie plans to run for governor of Hawaii next year, an official familiar with the lawmaker's plans told The Associated Press on Friday.The congressman will make his announcement through ...