Ugh:
Former Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) wants to come back to Capitol Hill. The former two-term Member entered the race Saturday for retiring Rep. Neil Abercrombie’s (D) seat.
Abercrombie announced last month that he was running for governor, opening up his Honolulu-based district for a slew of candidates in Hawaii looking to take higher office. Case represented the 2nd district for two full terms before stepping down in 2006 to challenge Sen. Daniel Akaka in the Democratic primary. Case lost his challenge to Akaka, but has since openly discussed another bid for governor or the House.
“I represented Manoa and Makiki for eight years in our state legislature, have crisscrossed the First in two statewide campaigns, and have addressed its needs in Congress,” Case said in a statement. “I know the First, and I know I can represent its 600,000 citizens well in Congress.”
In Hawaii, it is not uncommon or illegal for candidates to run in either Congressional district. Case’s predecessor, the late Rep. Patsy Mink (D) represented both districts over the course of her 24-year Congressional career.
Case is the only announced Democratic candidate so far, although Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, state House Majority Leader Kirk Caldwell, state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa and former state Rep. Brian Schatz have also been mentioned as possible candidates.
Hardcore DLC’er Ed Case hails from the same school which has produced some of our dimmest, most annoying lights: Harold Ford, Dan Boren, Bob Kerrey, Joe Lieberman. He sucked the first time he was in the House – hopefully a strong progressive like Colleen Hanabusa will get in so that we can help deny him a second opportunity to muck things up.
Ugh.
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Ed Case Excites me about as much as Bob Russell (The West Wing).
in voting against Ed Case again. One of the worst Democrats during his time in Congress, a total Blue Dog and Bush apologizer while in office. No business representing a district like this.
His entire strategy will again consist of trying to get Republicans to vote in the open primary.
As for Colleen Hanabusa, she showed political cowardice at a critical time because she’s looking to move up, and we can’t reward that.
Other candidates more deserving of a congressional seat will run.
Or maybe Hirono could represent both seats!!
Will former AOL honcho Steve Case, Ed’s brother, once more dump a lot of money into brother Ed’s campaign? Steve’s wallet seemed to be the largest thing working on Ed’s behalf.
Kerrey hails from conservative country (as does Boren, but he’s needlessly obnoxious); there’s a big difference between a Bob Kerrey in Nebraska and Case in Hawaii or Lieberman in Connecticut.
Great young progressive who took a risk by giving up his house seat to run for the HI-02 seat in 2006. He was a huge Obama supporter, too, although that’s not surprising for Hawaii.
President Joe Lieberman
Vice President Ed Case
Secratary of State Dan Boren
Secratary of Treasury: Harold Ford
Secratary of Defense: Bob Kerrey
He will face an opposition comprised of both the party machine (still angry over his age-related primary challenge to Sen. Akaka) and the liberal grassroots (angry over basically everything he’s done). I can’t see him winning anything ever again. The only demographic he appeals to is Republicans. And unfortunately for him, there aren’t many to be found in Hawaii.