The effectiveness of TARP and Stimulus
October 20, 2010, MSNBC
Colleen repeatedly has said that the Stimulus Bill and TARP were necessary to stop the economic crisis from becoming much worse. Check out this informative clip from “Morning Joe.” Senator Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, discusses the state of the economy and how effective TARP and stimulus were to saving our economy from spiraling into another Depression. ...
Talk edgier as vote nears
October 20, 2010, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Hanabusa and Djou take sharper jabs at each other in a debate With two weeks to go before Election Day, the candidates for Hawaii’s hotly contested 1st Congressional District sharpened their rhetoric on each other last night as they faced off in a live debate for the fourth time in seven days. Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Djou continued portraying his opponent as a “rubber stamp” who supports failed federal policies that have led to record debt and ...
Djou, Hanabusa debate live on KGMB
October 20, 2010, Hawaii News Now
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Congressional candidates Charles Djou and Colleen Hanabusa squared off in a heated debate televised live on KGMB Tuesday night. They agreed on some issues, or example President Obama sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stabilize the country, but the candidates disagreed on many other issues. Djou wants term limits in congress. Hanabusa does not. Djou wants to chip away at the federal deficit by holding onto federal stimulus money that has ...
Ad against Hanabusa illegally uses photo
October 19, 2010, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A GOP spot features a Star-Advertiser photo, altered and used without permission A campaign television commercial critical of Colleen Hanabusa’s legislative record prominently featured a copyrighted photo belonging to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The photo was altered to darken it and was used without the paper’s permission. The ad, called “The Season,” began airing Oct. 11 and was scheduled to end its run today. It featured a Honolulu Advertiser library photo ...
Congressional GOP Ad Attacks Hanabusa
October 18, 2010, KITV 4 News
Hanabusa Calls NRCC TV Ad Troubling HONOLULU—The National Republican Congressional Committee said Monday it will have spent $210,000 in Hawaii to run ads until the Nov. 2 general election against Colleen Hanabusa. Democrat Hanabusa is running against Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Charles Djou, who won a special election to serve the remainder of Democrat Neil Abercrombie’s term. Abercrombie stepped down to run for Hawaii governor. The NRCC’s TV ad brings up some old ...
Hanabusa, Djou face off in debate
October 16, 2010, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Both candidates support repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy but differ on other issues Although their reasons were different, both U.S. Rep. Charles Djou and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa said they support repealing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars gays from openly serving in the military. Facing off for the third time in three nights, the two candidates for Hawaii’s 1st Congressional ...
Karl Rove’s Group’s New Ad Slams Hanabusa
October 15, 2010, KITV 4 News
Hawaii Democrats Call Ad Character Assassination HONOLULU—GOP consultant Karl Rove got directly involved Friday in Hawaii’s hotly contested Congressional race between Republican incumbent Rep. Charles Djou and Democrat Colleen Hanabusa. Rove’s group American Crossroads started running an ad on Hawaii television stations Friday critical of Hanabusa. The TV commercial says, “There are problems in paradise, and Colleen Hanabusa would make things worse. Hanabusa ...
Civil Beat Poll: Hanabusa on Top in 1st Congressional District
October 14, 2010, Civil Beat
State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa holds a five-point lead over incumbent Congressman Charles Djou in the 1st Congressional District race, according to a new Civil Beat poll. Hanabusa is at 49.1 percent to 44.2 percent for Djou, with 6.7 percent undecided, an automated telephone poll of 609 likely voters found. The survey was conducted Oct. 11 by Aloha Vote, a Hawaii subsidiary of Merriman River Group (MRG), a Connecticut research organization that also polled the 1st Congressional ...
HI-01: Democratic challenger Hanabusa leads incumbent Djou
October 5, 2010, Daily Kos
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 10/2-3. Likely voters. MoE 3.9% Colleen Hanabusa (D) 48 Charles Djou (R) 47 Undecided (R) 5 Despite receiving just 40 percent of the vote, Republican incumbent Charles Djou won a special election in HI-01 earlier this when Democrats divided their votes between Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case. In November’s general election, Djou doesn’t have the same good fortune and faces just one of his former special election rivals, Democrat Colleen ...
Djou accused of using quote out of context
October 5, 2010, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A television ad for Charles Djou that features a video clip of Colleen Hanabusa saying, “I can tell you right now, in government I don’t think there’s waste, per se,” is drawing criticism that her comment is being taken out of context. The video clip was from one of the first candidate forums in the 1st Congressional District special election before the primary. The forum was sponsored by Smart Business Hawaii, the small-business interest group founded by state ...
