Way To Go Hawaii!

In this Friday, May 14, 2009 picture, Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, left, former U.S. Rep. Ed Case, center, both Democrats and Republican Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou, right, embrace each other after patricipating in a debate at the KHON2 television studios in Honolulu. (AP)

Hawaii is no long solid blue.  A small bit of red has invaded the islands.

Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Obama grew up -- the latest triumph for the GOP as it looks to take back control of Congress.

Djou's victory was a blow to Obama and other Democrats who could not rally around a candidate and find away to win a congressional race that should have been a cakewalk. The seat had been held by a Democrat for nearly 20 years and is located in the district where Obama was born and spent most of his childhood.

"This is a momentous day. We have sent a message to the United States Congress. We have sent a message to the national Democrats. We have sent a message to the machine," Djou said. "The congressional seat is not owned by one political party. This congressional seat is owned by the people."

Djou received 67,274 votes, or 39.5 percent. He was trailed by state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, a Democrat who received 52,445 votes, or 30.8 percent. The other leading Democrat, former U.S. Rep. Ed Case, received 47,012 votes, or 27.6 percent.

Republicans see the victory as a powerful statement about their momentum heading into November. They already sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts -- a place that was once thought to be the most hostile of territories for the GOP. Now Republicans can say they won a congressional seat in the former backyard of the president and in a state that gave Obama 72 percent of the vote two years ago.

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It seems the TEA Party has made it to Hawaii.  Come November the Democrats just might be a bit distressed at the outcome, regretful that many listened to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid instead of their CONSTITUENTS! 

Today we celebrate, tomorrow it is back to work.