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Re: Case versus Akaka
I like both guys and Case came out to my wife's school and spoke to the kids just a week or so after losing to Hirono. I think what people would have preferred is to have either Senator Dan stand on a podium with Ed Case and/or Neil Abercrombie and say the job is their's when we retire, sort of passing the wand to them. That would have been a classy move.
What is funny about being an 80 plus year old Senator is that it seems not too many people question it. But by god if we had a 80 year plus year old man running for the White House he would not get very far in the campaign at all.
John McCain will find his age a big factor when he runs in a couple years as I think he will even be older than Ronald Reagan. Not sure how old Bob Dole was when he ran, but I most certainly think people remember how bad Reagan's last term was in office (Iran Contra, Stock Market crash, etc.) that even Republicans in the south voted for Clinton over Dole.
I'll reserve judgement on who I will vote on based on how they run their campaigns if Akaka sits back and spends no money and wants to win on his past accomplishments he does not get my vote. If Ed Case comes across as aarogant and throws footballs around with his children to show his youthfulness I will not vote for him either. Come to think of it if Akaka does Frank Fasi/Jack Palance push-ups on the stage he isnt getting my vote either!!
This will be an interesting campaign to say the least, the two Senator Dan's have basicially ran unopossed for many years so it might pump more life into Akaka to get some things done in the coming months because people remember the present more than the past.
It will be the ultimate oxymoron if Ed Case wins and gets the Akaka bill passed on his own I think. That would be a double loss for Akaka but he has nothing to lose at this point and stage of his life.
KalihiBoy
I like both guys and Case came out to my wife's school and spoke to the kids just a week or so after losing to Hirono. I think what people would have preferred is to have either Senator Dan stand on a podium with Ed Case and/or Neil Abercrombie and say the job is their's when we retire, sort of passing the wand to them. That would have been a classy move.
What is funny about being an 80 plus year old Senator is that it seems not too many people question it. But by god if we had a 80 year plus year old man running for the White House he would not get very far in the campaign at all.
John McCain will find his age a big factor when he runs in a couple years as I think he will even be older than Ronald Reagan. Not sure how old Bob Dole was when he ran, but I most certainly think people remember how bad Reagan's last term was in office (Iran Contra, Stock Market crash, etc.) that even Republicans in the south voted for Clinton over Dole.
I'll reserve judgement on who I will vote on based on how they run their campaigns if Akaka sits back and spends no money and wants to win on his past accomplishments he does not get my vote. If Ed Case comes across as aarogant and throws footballs around with his children to show his youthfulness I will not vote for him either. Come to think of it if Akaka does Frank Fasi/Jack Palance push-ups on the stage he isnt getting my vote either!!
This will be an interesting campaign to say the least, the two Senator Dan's have basicially ran unopossed for many years so it might pump more life into Akaka to get some things done in the coming months because people remember the present more than the past.
It will be the ultimate oxymoron if Ed Case wins and gets the Akaka bill passed on his own I think. That would be a double loss for Akaka but he has nothing to lose at this point and stage of his life.
KalihiBoy
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