A tale of two parties...Republicans are patting themselves on the pat for managing to get 39% of the vote in a special House election in Hawaii...and Democrats are trying to figure out how they lost a race even though they got approximately 60% of the votes.
Confused? The race in Hawaii Congressional seat was a three way contest with two Democrats and one Republican. The Democrats split 60% of the vote but that allowed a Republican to win with only 39% of the vote as neither of the Democrats would withdraw to help the other. The two Democrats will now face off to see who will face the Republican in the fall.
While the Republicans gloat about winning a seat where President Obama got 70% of the vote in 2008, what they don't say is that in 2006 the Republicans running for the House seats received 34% and 40% of the vote in the general election.
So, if according to the pundits, Kentucky should elect a Republican Senator in the fall despite getting outvoted in the primary, then Hawaiian voters, in a two-way race, will win the Hawaiian seat.
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