January 12, 2005: Headlines: COS - El Salvador: Congress: Politics: Philippine News Online: RPCV Mike Honda is an unabashed fan of Doris Matsui. “She’s one of the most ready persons I know,” said Honda. “She is truly capable and has been a full partner in a lot of the work he does. If she said, ‘I want to follow up with Bob’s legacy and want to run for that seat, for whatever reason.’ I’m there 100 percent.”
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January 12, 2005: Headlines: COS - El Salvador: Congress: Politics: Philippine News Online: RPCV Mike Honda is an unabashed fan of Doris Matsui. “She’s one of the most ready persons I know,” said Honda. “She is truly capable and has been a full partner in a lot of the work he does. If she said, ‘I want to follow up with Bob’s legacy and want to run for that seat, for whatever reason.’ I’m there 100 percent.”
RPCV Mike Honda is an unabashed fan of Doris Matsui. “She’s one of the most ready persons I know,” said Honda. “She is truly capable and has been a full partner in a lot of the work he does. If she said, ‘I want to follow up with Bob’s legacy and want to run for that seat, for whatever reason.’ I’m there 100 percent.”
RPCV Mike Honda is an unabashed fan of Doris Matsui. “She’s one of the most ready persons I know,” said Honda. “She is truly capable and has been a full partner in a lot of the work he does. If she said, ‘I want to follow up with Bob’s legacy and want to run for that seat, for whatever reason.’ I’m there 100 percent.”
Run, Doris, run?
Emil Guillermo, Jan 12, 2005
AS THE world pondered the devastating tsunami, I was pondering the American Filipino community’s devastating loss – the untimely death in Washington, D.C., of Rep. Robert T. Matsui of Sacramento.
It’s a different kind of devastation, sure. It’s subtler, but no less real. And it’s almost an Indian Ocean’s worth of tears.
When you talk about the loss of Matsui, you’re talking about a major hit to the empowerment of the more than 10 million Asian Americans in the U.S.
When you didn’t speak up for yourself, Matsui was a voice for all Asian Americans – for over 26 years. You could count on it.
Matsui’s death comes at a time when he was about to embark on what would have been the fight of his career, defending social security from the rape of privatization as proposed by the Bush Administration.
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I asked Congressman Mike Honda of San Jose if Doris Matsui should run. He was an unabashed fan. “She’s one of the most ready persons I know,” said Honda. “She is truly capable and has been a full partner in a lot of the work he does. If she said, ‘I want to follow up with Bob’s legacy and want to run for that seat, for whatever reason.’ I’m there 100 percent.”
Frankly, I think it would be a smashing idea. Doris Matsui has always been a power player in Washington, who can walk down the corridors of power blindfolded. Besides, it’s the tradition of the fallen politico, that the spouse has first “dibs.”
Doris Matsui would be an apt replacement for her husband to continue the Matsui legacy.
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