Not being Hawaiian I can only speak of how things appear from an outsider's perspective. But, to me, it looks like a vote for Keli’i Akina would be a vote against OHA as a whole. A vote to disband all Hawaiian programs. A vote to accept full and complete immersion into American society. As such I don't think the finer points of whether Haunani is this or that is relevant as much as whether or not one wants to support the continuance of OHA as a representative of the goals of the Hawaii people or disband the Hawaiian culture in favor of Americanism.