My father taught me a long time ago that you can judge a person's merit by how they approach their commitment to obligations. In April, Rep. Hanabusa was appointed to the chair of HART. That is not a job, with the issues that are involved, whose commitments should be taken lightly, or carelessly discharged. 

Should she decide to run for Rep. Takai's seat, than I'd see her as one who was carelessly discharging her commitments that she obligated herself to serve. In other words, I couldn't trust her to even keep her word, if she even made that word, that the CD2 seat would be the only one she'd run for, and hold. 

Other candidates for CD2, the last round, have already seen that there is merit to fulfilling their commitment to the jobs they have now - Anderson, Chang (well, he's trying to get one), and even Kim - have said they are staying in place or running for something they already announced months ago. 

Hanabusa should reflect on their commitments, and be sure she keeps to  hers.