DCCC Pulls Out Of Hawaii

[ccharles000]

The DCCC is pulling out of the race to replace ex-Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), effectively ceding the heavily Dem seat to the GOP as intra-party feuding splits the vote.

"The DCCC will not be investing additional resources in the HI-01 (Abercrombie-open) special election. Local Democrats were unable to work out their differences," DCCC communications director Jennifer Crider said in an emailed statement. "The DCCC will save the resources we would have invested in the Hawaii special election this month for the general election in November."

The move comes as polls show Honolulu City Councillor Charles Djou (R) leading 2 other Dems -- ex-Rep. Ed Case (D) and state Senate Pres. Colleen Hanabusa (D) -- in advance of the May 22 special election. The winner of the plurality of votes will fill Abercrombie's seat for the remainder of the term.

Dems had not invested in the race for a week, but the party has spent a total of $314K on ad campaigns attacking Djou's stands on taxes and spending. Pres. Obama recorded a robo-call urging voters to back an unspecified Dem candidate.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/05/dccc_pulls_out.php

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Or in other words

"You will either accept our DLC corporate fellating candidate, or you get NOTHING".

God damn, we need Howard Dean back.

Hawaii?? That might be the one thing more ridiculous than losing Ted Kennedy's seat because they couldn't give a fuck what kind of shitty lukewarm candidate they tried to run in his place.

[Hippo_Tron]

2. I don't see how that is the case at all

Hanabusa and Case both want to run and since there is no primary neither of them have a legitimate claim to being THE Democratic candidate, meaning that neither will drop out and will split the vote. Hawaii's special election system is ridiculous, end of story. Djou will lose to either Case or Hanabusa in November, whichever one wins the primary.

[Go2Peace]

3. Yep, they know how it works. If one concedes the other locks it in November

They won't be able to primary in November because the party will support the "incumbent", regardless if the incumbent got there by default or whether the other candidate might be a better fit. Our party politics have a lot to do with this situation.