when, sen, daniel, akaka, kicked, his, re-election, campaign, u, s, senate, he, had, no, idea, so, many, people, were, unfamiliar, with, political, accomplishments, chats, guests, tutu, traveling, preschool, in, waim, nalo, has, asked, voters, not, to, trade, experience, sake, change, k, inouye, democratic, party, establishment, islands, washington, are, helping, money, strategy, during, seen, here, kailua, fourth, july, parade, last, month, focused, hawai, issues, years, shown, mitsue, amano, waipahu, kick-off, downplayed, struggle, over, native, hawaiian, federal, recognition, bill, was, stopped, by, procedural, vote, june, retired, farrington, high, school, football, coach, skippa, diaz, share, laugh, modest, profile, led, some, unkind, portraits, nationally, congressional, quarterly, politics, america, described, him, as, virtually, invisible, while, time, magazine, this, year, ranked, among, worst, senators