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Category: Politics
The Short And Long Of Health Care
Call this column a report from my other life. On Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. I moderate Insights on PBS Hawaii, an hourlong public affairs program on which we gather four knowledgeable people around a table to discuss an issue of the day. Sometimes the discussions grow heated – for example, when the topic relates [...]
How Much Does Dan Dislike Case?
Linda Lingle will be the Hawaii GOP candidate for U.S. senator. Will our mostly Democratic electorate vote for her? In normal times I’d say she cannot win. These are not normal times. Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s political armor is rusted beyond saving. A vote by Democrats for Democrats is not a sure thing. Mazie Hirono is [...]
Hawaii Poll Numbers Tell The Story
Numbers tell the story, and a recent StarAdvertiser/Hawaii News Now “Hawaii Poll” told several of them. Consider, for example, why an advertisement for Linda Lingle’s candidacy for the United States Senate, paid for by a political action committee (PAC), stated that she’d provide “bipartisan leadership” with President Barack Obama to expand tourism in Hawaii. The [...]
Oshiro Balances The Guv’s Bluster
Blake Oshiro has found that his new job of three months as deputy chief of staff in the governor’s office differs little from his last, as majority leader in the state House of Representatives. “Instead of taking my cues from the speaker of the House, I’m taking them from the governor,” says Oshiro. “It’s like [...]
