Like Djou, McDermott sold out to rail special interest such as PRP who are willing to bankroll their election campaigns.  Of course PRP/rail special interest know dang well that it is money well spent because that guarantees  no matter who wins office, the Oahu train to nowhere project will be pushed by whoever wins the election.  In that last mayoral election Djou had a decent number of votes compared to Cadwell, but rail special interest knows full well after McDermott's endless lawsuits against same sex marriage in Hawaii and his anti-abortion, anti-immunization fanaticism, it will be guaranteed that if McDermott is the Repub candidate they will lose the election to any Democratic candidate.