01-19-2015, 01:26 PM
On a side note, Randy Iwase's recent political career is remarkably similar to Gov. Ige's. They both were credible Senators who were seen as worker bees rather than glory seekers. In 2006 Iwase took on an incumbent (LL) who had a massive war chest and the power of the incumbency. However even though LL had major interest groups allied against her she easily swept Iwase aside during the surge of an economic boom. The Democratic party never really rallied around his candidacy and he was seen as the sacrifice candidate necessary to keep the partys pride of place.
Ige's campaign had many of the same circumstances but most notably the state was just coming off a long and trying recession. With the challenge coming in the Primary the specific interests within the party were able to leverage their strengths against an incumbent who had assumed too much .
Doug Chin will be an interesting AG in the sense that he comes from a long stay in the Prosecutors office and then a 4 year stint as Managing Director of HNL C&C. I hope he can manage the D.A.G.'s as successfully as he prosecuted the ne'er do wells of Ewa and Waianae.
Ige's campaign had many of the same circumstances but most notably the state was just coming off a long and trying recession. With the challenge coming in the Primary the specific interests within the party were able to leverage their strengths against an incumbent who had assumed too much .
Doug Chin will be an interesting AG in the sense that he comes from a long stay in the Prosecutors office and then a 4 year stint as Managing Director of HNL C&C. I hope he can manage the D.A.G.'s as successfully as he prosecuted the ne'er do wells of Ewa and Waianae.