Xa uMongameli-onyuliweyo u-Barack Obama edibene neerhuluneli ezivela kwilizwe lonke e-Philadelphia ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, phantse bonke babetha indlela eya kwindibano ye-Independence Hall.
Omnye ongazange abe nguRhuluneli uLinda Lingle waseHawaii, ilizwe apho uMnu. Obama wazalelwa khona, uchithe inxalenye yobuntwana bakhe kwaye utyelela okwesithathu ukususela ngoAgasti kule veki. Ngeli xesha, ukungabikho kwakhe ngoko nangoko kwaba ngumxholo wokugxekwa kumaphephandaba asekhaya, emnyanzela ukuba ajike izityholo zokuba wadelela umongameli onyuliweyo.
Ngoku, njengoko uMnu. Obama, usapho lwakhe kunye neqela labahlobo abasenyongweni bechitha iveki yonke e-Oahu, abanye baye bacebisa ukuba uxinzelelo lukuRhuluneli uLingle ukuba enze izilungiso kwinto encinci ebonwayo.
Kodwa izicwangciso zentlanganiso phakathi kwerhuluneli kunye noMnu Obama okanye ilungu labasebenzi bakhe benguqu - ingcamango yokuba irhuluneli yahamba kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo-ayikamiselwa ngokusemthethweni, ngokutsho kukaNksz Lingle unobhala weendaba, uRussell Pang.
UMnu. Pang uphinde wathi ukuba irhuluneli ayinayo incoko yobuso nobuso kunye noMnu Obama ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe, uzimisele ukwenza njalo xa etyelela iWashington kwintlanganiso yeRhuluneli yeSizwe ngoFebruwari. UNksz Lingle uthe uye wanxibelelana noValerie Jarrett, umncedisi kaMnu. Obama, malunga nokumisela ixesha lokuhlala phantsi nomongameli omtsha ngexesha lohambo lwakhe.
Sekunjalo, u-Chuck Freedman, umkhulumeli we-Hawaii Democratic Party, ucebise ukuba mhlawumbi le veki yayiza kuba lixesha elifanelekileyo "lounge lounge détente" phakathi kwerhuluneli kunye noMongameli-onyuliweyo u-Obama. Isigqibo sikaNksz Lingle sokutsiba iseshoni ePhiladelphia “yayiyimpazamo yobuchule,” watsho. “Mhlawumbi ngewayeyinqandile mhlawumbi wayengenakuyifumana.”
Kodwa ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, uNksz. Umphathi wakhe wezonxibelelwano, uLenny Klompus, wathi kwikholamu kwi-Honolulu Star-Bulletin ukuba ukuhlala eHawaii "akuzange kujongwe njenge-snub okanye ukungahloniphi nangayiphi na indlela" kuMnu Obama. Ecaphula umgama weHawaii ukusuka kuNxweme oluseMpuma, uMnu. Klompus wabhala, “olu hambo belunokuthabatha ubuncinane iintsuku ezintathu ezizeleyo ukuze irhuluneli ibekho kwintlanganiso yemizuzu engama-85.”
Kwaye kwiingxelo zakhe esidlangalaleni ngalo mba, iRhuluneli uLingle wagxininisa ukuba wayebambeke kakhulu kuthethwano lokujongana nokusilela kwebhajethi ye-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseHawaii.
Kodwa iinkxalabo kwi-statehouse e-Honolulu azizange zimthintele ekuthatheni uchungechunge lweehambo ukuya kwilizwe elikhulu ukuze akhankase egameni likaSenator uJohn McCain ngexesha lasehlotyeni nasekwindla. (Ngokuqinisekileyo, uNks. Lingle wayengomnye wabalawuli abaninzi kunye namalungu eNkongolo abashiye amazwe abo ukuze bakhankasele omnye wabagqatswa bomongameli.)
Emva kwentlanganiso yasePhiladelphia uNks. Lingle wafumana ileta evela kuMnu. Obama—ethetha “Linda othandekayo” - eyaqala ngokuthi: “Ndiyazi ukuba awukwazanga ukuya kwintlanganiso ngoLwesibini, kodwa ndizabalazela ukuqiniseka ukuba uthembisene ngomtshato. .” Kwileta yakhe uMnu. Obama ucele igalelo lakhe kwimiba yeziseko ezingundoqo kunye nentsebenziswano yamazwe kunye nomanyano. Irhuluneli yaphendula ngeengcebiso zayo kunye neminqweno emihle.
Kodwa njengoko ixesha lisiya kwiholide kaMnu. Obama, loo mazwi asenokuba ngawodwa abezopolitiko abatshintshana ngaphambi kokuba uMnu. Obama afungiswe aze abe ngumongameli wokuqala welizwe ozalelwe eHawaii.
Kwaye sithetha ngonxibelelwano lomongameli wexesha elizayo kwi Aloha I-State - iRhuluneli uLingle ayizange idlale kakuhle ngelixa ikhankasela uMnu McCain, kodwa i-bureau yengqungquthela yelizwe kunye nokhenketho yonwabile kakhulu ukuba ibonise ngoku.
