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Lingle quiet over presidential primary
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Aug 11, 2007 11:54pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, August 12, 2007 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Although three of the top Republican presidential hopefuls have asked for her backing, Gov. Linda Lingle says she has no plans to publicly endorse any of the candidates in the upcoming primaries.
"I've explained to each one of them," Lingle said yesterday, "that because the Republican Party is in a building stage and we're not a majority party and we don't have many members in the Legislature and we're focused on changing that, that for me to take a position for one over the other, I think, would tend to split the Republicans (in Hawaii).
"For me it would create extra division by coming out and saying I favor this one over that one. ... I think it would hurt our efforts at building a strong Republican Party here."
The campaigns for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney all sought Lingle's backing, she said.
Lingle, who as governor is the titular head of the Republican Party in Hawaii, noted that she has fairly strong ties to each.
"Mayor Giuliani has helped me a lot in my campaign, Sen. McCain helped me on the Akaka Bill at a critical time in Washington and Mitt Romney is a colleague of mine who was chairman of the Republican Governors Association and a person I respect a lot," Lingle said.
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