Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown?

[robinblue]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0523/Charles-Djou-How-did-a-Republican-win-in-Obama-s-Hawaii-hometown

Charles Djou: How did a Republican win in Obama's Hawaii hometown?

Republican Charles Djou won the special election in Hawaii's First Congressional District – the Honolulu district where President Obama grew up. Djou is only the third Republican Hawaii has elected to Congress since statehood.

Mark Sappenfield, Staff Writer / May 23, 2010

The victory of Republican Charles Djou in a special election in Hawaii’s First Congressional District – the heavily Democratic district where President Obama grew up – is a welcome political reversal for the GOP.

2008, Mr. Obama took the district with 70 percent of the vote, and no Hawaiian congressional district had returned a Republican for 20 years.

Moreover, the victory stopped a surprising winning streak for Democrats, who had won the past six consecutive special elections for Congress, including three prominent races – two in upstate New York and one in Pennsylvania – in areas that tilt conservative.

Taking his cues from another Republican who won in firmly Democratic territory – Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts – Djou saw the election as a repudiation of one-party rule.

"The congressional seat is not owned by one political party. This congressional seat is owned by the people," he said.

Djou, a member of the Honolulu City Council, will be only the third Republican to represent Hawaii in Washington since Hawaii became a state in 1959.
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[sharp_stick]

1. Gee I wonder how this could happen?

Could it possibly have anything to do with two Democrats splitting the vote? Reading what was posted you'd think, if you were a brain dead moron that this guy ran a brilliant campaign or something. What do you want to bet the rest of media follows suit?

[laughingliberal]

2. +1 nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Easy, we divided and they conquered

[robinblue]

4. yup.

[mzteris]

5. all those

"I'm not voting for HIM" because he didn't do X" about "my-pet-thing"...

All those "I'm not voting for Obama in 2012" people are helping get REPUBLICANS elected!

:(

[mulsh]

6. how long has if beens since Obama lived there?

It could have mattered if a Repub won in Obama's home district in Illinois.

[Frances]

7. There were 2 Dems and 1 Repub in the race

The Dems split their votes and the REpub won.

United we stand, divided we fall.

[Arkana]

8. The same way a Republican won in LA-2.

You know, where the voter registration edge is D+25.

The Democrats split the vote.

Christ, the media absolutely REFUSES to do any investigative reporting at all.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. Is it possibe one of the Democrats was bribed to stand or not to pull out? After all,

they can't be imbeciles. Or can they?

Does it fit a pattern seldom, if ever, seen in the past?