Mahalo Kossacks from the Obama Ohana

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 5:34 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 17:34

Last week, two diaries suggested mailing get well cards for Barack's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, to our Hawaii Headquarters. I saw the diaries and posted a note indicating that we would make sure to deliver the cards to the family.

I wanted to give you a brief update regarding the amazing outpouring of support from around the country. As of today, we have received over 1000 cards, letters, and gifts from over 40 states. We have delivered everything to Barack's family, and we want to thank this community for its outpouring of support and generosity.

We will continue to deliver everything received, but, in the meantime, it's back to GOTV efforts.

Mahalo nui loa,

Andy Winer
Hawaii State Director
Obama for America

First Numbers from Hawaii

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 11:40 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 23:40

The turnout in Hawaii has been incredible. The first update was just given:

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Monday February 18, 2008 · 9:22 AM PST

2008/02/18 · 09:22

The Obama movement has taken Hawaii by storm. We are likely to increase membership in the Democratic Party of Hawaii by 40-50% in a few short days. Now, however, we must translate this enthusiasm into votes at tomorrow's Hawaii caucus.

Our biggest problem is that few people understand the caucus process or where they should go. Our web site http://hawaii.barackobama.com has a terrific caucus locator, and I urge all of you Hawaii Kossacks and Kossacks with connections to Hawaii to reach out to your friends and family to explain the process.

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Saturday May 12, 2007 · 9:15 AM PDT

2007/05/12 · 09:15

Although Hawaii is normally considered a backwater for presidential politics, the upcoming campaign will likely generate a lot more excitement here. First and foremost, Barack Obama was born and raised in Hawaii, and there is genuine excitement about the possibility of a Hawaii-born president. Obama still has plenty of classmates who remember him from high school, and he has a sister and a grandmother still living here. Obama is frequently referred to as Hawaii's third Senator, and there is palpable pride in Hawaii regarding his candidacy. Second, the presidential caucuses have been moved up to February 19--just before Super Tuesday, which will likely mean much more media attention and interest locally.

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 6:43 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 18:43

It's been a few weeks since I've posted, but I wanted to remind all of you Hawaii Kossacks to get out and vote for our Hawaii Dems tomorrow. Senator Akaka needs your vote so we can send a clear message to the Bush Administration about the need to change direction in Iraq and to correct a disastrous economic policy that continues to unfairly favor the rich.

Although she has tried to portray herself as a liberal, Cynthia Thielen is clearly cozying up to Rethugs such as the Hawaii Reporter, and her son is trawling for conservative votes on RedStates.com. If any of you needed a clearer reason for understanding Thielen's real agenda, check out her son's post on RedStates looking for ways to contact conservatives so the GOP can hold the Senate. A vote for Thielen is clearly a vote to continue Republican leadership in the Senate.

While at the polls, also remember to vote for Mazie Hirono, Neil Abercrombie, Randy Iwase, and the rest of the Dem Party team. Let's make a statement to the rest of the country that we are a blue state through and through.

Mahalo nui loa,

Andy Winer
Campaign Manager
Akaka in 2006

Mahalo Nui Loa From Senator Akaka's Campaign

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Saturday September 30, 2006 · 9:19 AM PDT

2006/09/30 · 09:19

On behalf of Senator Akaka's campaign, I want to thank the blogosphere and Kossacks for your interest and support during our primary election battle with Ed Case. After having had a few days to review precinct returns, I have little doubt that progressives played a major role in securing a victory in last Saturday's primary.

Over the past few months, our race was featured by Chris Cillizza in The Fix, by Jonathan Singer on MyDD.com, on Firedoglake, by McJoan, and even by Kos himself. These efforts together with blogging support from the Mainland (thank you Schultzy!) and Hawaii based Kossacks allowed us to get the word out to progressives about the importance of this race. Read More

Ed Case's Blatant Ageism

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Thursday August 24, 2006 · 8:15 PM PDT

2006/08/24 · 20:15

Last week, the Honolulu Weekly publicly took Ed Case to task for basing his entire campaign on the assumption that Senator Akaka might not live through another term in office. Labeling Case's "Change" message as the worst single issue to base an entire campaign on, the Weekly concluded as follows, "Since [Case] can't fall back on his support of the Iraq War and the Patriot Act v.2.0 to win the hearts and minds of Hawaii voters, Case's entire platform consists of nothing more than a very public display of ageism."

http://honoluluweekly.com/... Read More

Ed Case: You're No Patsy Mink

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Saturday August 05, 2006 · 11:54 AM PDT

2006/08/05 · 11:54

Congressman Ed Case took time out from his Senate campaign to, once again, besmirch the memory and legacy of Patsy Mink. As reported by Jerry Burris in his Honolulu Advertiser's Akamai Politics blog, http://www.blogs.honoluluadvertiser.com, Case told a meeting of the newspaper's editorial board that Patsy "would not today represent this district" because of her liberal views.

For those of you unfamiliar with Patsy, she was a force for justice and equality throughout her political career. In 1965, Patsy became the first woman of color to be elected to Congress, and she was instrumental in obtaining passage of the Title IX Amendment to the Higher Education Act. Title IX prohibited gender discrimination by federally funded instituions, and it paved the way for women's athletics. Upon Patsy's death in 2002, Title IX was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Read More

The Case Against Big Bird and Elmo

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Friday July 28, 2006 · 6:46 PM PDT

2006/07/28 · 18:46

"So many Americans have been blessed to grow up and live with public broadcasting. We and ours not only were nurtured on Big Bird and Elmo, but value deeply public broadcasting's rich diversity of radio and television programming and, most crucial, its indispensable independence from political and other content/commercial-directed influence."

This statement by Ed Case on June 28, 2005, provided apparent comfort to individuals who appreciate the programming provided by the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. By examining Case's actual voting record, however, a more troubling picture emerges regarding this issue and his approach to domestic issues in general. Read More

Where's Ed Case?

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Saturday July 22, 2006 · 9:22 AM PDT

2006/07/22 · 09:22

An interesting post on http://mauidemocrats.org deserves a mention. Back in May, the Maui Democrats submitted questions to the Akaka and Case campaigns requesting position statements from both candidates on issues including the War in Iraq, the Patriot Act, and Bush Administration tax policies. The Akaka campaign responded with complete answers to all of the issues. To date, according to the Maui Democrats blog, Case has not responded.

What is Case trying to conceal? His campaign website is completely devoid of position statements on the War in Iraq, the Patriot Act, tax policy, health care policy, education policy, or any other issue in this campaign. Is it possible that he doesn't want to explain his support for the War, the Patriot Act and Bush's tax policy, and his inexplicable support for eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?

Case is calling for debates, yet he is avoiding any mention of his position on the issues. What is going on here?

Andy Winer
Campaign Manager
Akaka in 2006

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