I was really surprised that President Obama endorsed Sen. Brian Schatz over Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. I figured he’d stay out of that fight even if he had a clear preference. But, I guess Hanabusa has antagonized the administration sufficiently that they decided to put their thumb on the scale.
There’s a whole ethnic element to this, too, with Schatz being Jewish and Hanabusa being of Japanese heritage, as well the gender component. Those are the main reasons why I didn’t think Obama would get involved.
But he did.
