Lackluster gubernatorial candidates failed to pick up the tempo to make campaigns sing
(WorldNews Politics)

On election nights, one of the greats of Hawaii journalism, the late editor and columnist A.A.“Bud� Smyser, would advise reporters in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newsroom to “cover the winners, not the losers.� About loser U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, it would be tempting to write about the historic, idea-inspiring campaign, while wearing “what could have been� glasses — but that was not the 2018 Democratic primary. If was an odd race for governor, but inspiring or historic? No. Political advisers say the fake missile alert fumble in January helped artificially raise Hanabusa’s...