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DCCC cuts and runs from HI-01.

DOOM.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 10th, 2010 at 11:19 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Guess they decided to stop throwing money away, more’s the pity.

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.”

But they swear that they’ll be back for the general election!  – Assuming, of course, that Hawaii Democrats stop with this silly notion that they know better than Washington does about who would be a suitable candidate for HI-01.

Moe Lane

PS: Charles Djou for Congress.  After all, we want to keep this seat past November.

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • proudgop

    So district where Obama was raided and won 70% is flipping Republican

    Oh yes Dems talk about major runs in the shorts ( sorry for visual)

    Go Charles!

  • Richard Mullins

    Because this all might be part of a new stratagy for the Democrats. We better have a counteroffensive for this.

  • earlgrey

    Won’t there be just 1 R vs. 1 D?

  • proudgop

    Hawaii has latest primary of any state ( late into September)

    Bush did get 47% in 04 and Lingle routinely won over 60% in the district

    he can hold the district and I am sure he would be a more moderate voice then some may like

  • Richard Mullins

    Seeing as the Democrats are going to implode in the Special, we need to use a good track record against the other candidate. That’s all I can think of at this time. I wonder they will try to use Ed Case for the general election?

  • SIConservative

    It’s a Dem district, to be sure, but President Bush carried 47% in 2004 and Gov. Lingle won 65% in her last election. Given that he won’t have been there for long, incumbency might also be an advantage, though I wouldn’t count on that.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • tngal

    They’ve really sunk cash into Hawaii and Pennsyvania for these special elections. I’m wondering if their pulling cash out of HI just to divert it to PA. Both are must wins, both are toss ups . A HI win would give us a big ego boost and deflate O for a while, but Burns winning in PA would be incredible.

  • ktsub

    Glad about HI-01, but PA-12 is the type of district, we conservatives must make inroads in to be competitive in November and the future. This PA district is the blue collar conservative district, that must be pulled from the grasps of “I vote Democratic, because my daddy and grandaddy voted Democratic”.

    http://www.timburnsforcongress.com

    Tim Burns has a great new commercial up and going, support his GOTV effort.
    Oh and Charles Djou is awsome, love listening to him speak and is all around a nice guy.