Make sure you read
this article in the Honolulu Advertiser about the fundraising numbers for the Akaka/Case Democratic Primary in Hawai'i. In it are the differentiations between Senator Dan Akaka and Congressman Ed Case on the Iraq war:
The theme of Akaka's early advertising has been the war in Iraq, which shows the senator believes Democratic primary voters, who tend to be more liberal, will respond to his anti-war record. Akaka opposed giving President Bush the authority to invade Iraq, was openly critical of post-war planning, and has called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by July 2007.
Case has said he likely would have voted for giving Bush the authority to invade, has raised concerns about being misled on whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but does not believe in setting a withdrawal date until the country is stable.
I blog about this primary race quite a bit in my own blog:
http://krisschultz.blogspot.com
I view it as a reverse Lieberman/Lamont, especially in relation to the Iraq/pro-Bush issue. Senator Akaka needs to stay in the Senate with our help.
Congressman Ed Case is a member of the New Democratic Caucus on the Hill, the DLC's official caucus. His overall National Journal ratings are far more conservative than Senator Akaka's.
I should say that I crossposted a shorter version of this diary to my blog, too.