Sure there is room - someone has to cook the food and clean the hotel rooms at the Kahala. The Republican party of Hawaii simply refuses to admit their platforms are for the most part, repugnant to the majority of Hawaii voters. If they adopted a business friendly, social liberal platform, they would have a chance. But then they would be mistaken for libertarians. Cynthia Theilen has been the most successful republican at the legislature, and she votes democrat on many, many bills.