Former Congressman Ed Case sent another campaign update yesterday.

Here’s part of what he had to say about this week’s election:

Like millions around our country and world, I was overcome with emotion on election night. Yes, my choice prevailed, and yes, a loyal and good American yielded with honor and dignity. But it was far more than that. It was about the sheer beauty of American democracy and freedom on full display, just as our forefathers envisioned.

Note that Ed made it through the entire presidential election and several of his own campaign newsletters without mentioning any candidate or where he was throwing his political support, either at the national or local level. He remained coy throughout, not even saying whether he intended to support the ultimate Democratic Party candidate.

I couldn’t tell if he was posturing as a local Lieberman or not.

This latest message is as close as Case ever came to acknowledging Barack Obama or any other candidate, and only in a backhanded mention that “my choice prevailed”.

A check with the Federal Election Commission database yesterday failed to turn up any reportable contribution by Ed Case to any federal candidate in the 2008 election cycle. Millions of Americans gave to the candidate or candidates of their choice in this hotly contested election year. Apparently not Ed, although he was seen campaigning for mayoral candidate Ann Kobayashi. An interesting choice, since Case was a backer of Honolulu’s proposed rail system when he was in Congress, and Kobayashi based most of her campaign on opposition to rail.

Just FYI.

Most people probably weren’t aware that the Al Jazeera English network did a two-part program about Hawaii (available on YouTube.com, Part 1 and Part 2). A somewhat limited perspective on what’s happening in the islands, but certainly provocative.

I was browsing way out on the fringes when I ran across an interview with Hawaiian storyteller Lopaka Kapanui on a blog called “Paranormal Montana”. You just never know what the web will deliver.

Bill Ayers, professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, writes about becoming a political football in the just completed campaign. Well worth a read.

Here’s an informative but sobering look at the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan the new president will have to confront.

And, finally, begin the week right with a few of our Kaaawa morning dogs. Just click on the photo for more.