Fritz Rolfing provides a laughable expression of the GOP's strategy for winning elections. I was deeply involved when misguided "control freaks" in the Democratic Party tried to prevent Thielen from running as a Democrat. This year, many of those same Democrats tried to pass Rule changes to ban new party members from being able to vote in our presidential caucus in the hope of preventing any future influx of new energy similar to the Bernie wave. 

Which goes to show, both party's have unreasonable hacks determined to use an unreasonable application of the rules to try to get what they cannot attain through open, fair elections. 

Thielen has turned out to be a strong advocate for environmental protection against the development interests which dominate Hawaii politics, making her a target of both the current Democratic Senate leadership and the inept, bumbling leadership of the floundering Hawaii Republican Party.

Good on ya, Laura!