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Well… we did it, and I think it went pretty well. Nine Democrats running for Hawaii’s 2nd CD US House came and participated in the political speed dating candidate forum tonight. The only missing Democrat, Joe Zuiker, would have been there except that he was on the mainland. The parking was terrible, so some people filtered in a little late, but that probably would have happened anyway. There was good representation by the media. We were the lead story on KHNL News 8 at 10 tonight; they did a good job too. I expect to see stories in the paper tomorrow and perhaps Dave Shapiro will write up his impressions.

I personally did not get a chance to sit in on the “dates” since I was busy timing the rounds, so am looking forward to hearing from those who did. If anyone who attended wants to write up their impressions of the candidates, you are welcome to register as a user and submit a contribution to this page. Or if you don’t want to register, please feel free to post in the comments section.

Next, I hope we can still encourage each of the candidates to answer our questionnaire in writing so that we can post it on our website. Also, I think there was a video camera from Olelo there so perhaps we can help put together a video that can be broadcast and/or put on DVD so that it can be disseminated to rural Oahu and the neighbor islands.

Media coverage:
KHNL Candidate Forum
HPR story
Honolulu Advertiser
Star Bulletin
David Shapiro
Jerry Burris